Not there yet
"Are--are--are you," panted Shasta. "Are you King Lune of Archenland?"The old man shook his head. "No," he replied in a quiet voice, "I am the…
My tail!
One of my favorite scenes in C.S. Lewis's Prince Caspian, is when the ever-chivalrous mouse, Reepicheep, mortally wounded in battle, is brought (lying on a…
You’re bigger!
When I teach about growing in the Christian Life, I like to use these charts: I'm not sure who came up with these charts. The…
Grand highway
I wrote here about my surprising journey into Church History. That post also relays C.S. Lewis's thoughts on the importance of reading the past in…
Musical words
Great writing has a certain musicality about it. It sounds pleasing to the ear when you hear it read aloud. Great writing is also delightful…
Advice and warnings
Middle-age is disorienting. You arrive at this place where you shift from mostly asking questions to mostly answering questions. This is not to say that…
Bodies matter
"When one prays in strange places and at strange times one can't kneel, to be sure. I won't say this doesn't matter. The body ought…
Apology accepted
We don't really like to apologize, do we? It's humiliating to admit we were wrong--it smarts. But if we can be swift about it--both in…
Enchantment
Enchantment is an interesting word. The dictionary has two definitions: 1) a feeling of great pleasure; delight: the enchantment of the mountains; and 2) the state of…
Dead guys
I changed my major after my freshman year of college--from Premed (Biology and Chemistry) to Nursing. It was an expensive decision in two ways: (1)…