His tears
When I was a kid, our church had a scripture memory program for children. Each week we'd memorize our verses and earn prizes. If we…
Summer job
During college, my summer job was to work on an assembly line building kitchen cabinets. I was on the "base" line, which meant we built…
Belligerent bells
One of my favorite Christmas songs is "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day." It's based on Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, "Christmas Bells." I love…
On grief
Nicholas Wolterstorff's twenty-four year old son died in a climbing accident. He writes: "The worst days now are holidays: Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, Pentecost, birthdays, weddings,…
A mixed bag
"Then to cheer himself up he took out from its case on the dresser a strange little flute that looked as if it were made…
Commemorate
Much of the global Christian church is currently commemorating the dead. Death is a thief. Christianity states that it is one of the Great Enemies…