Good Friday
Today is Good Friday--the day Christians commemorate Christ's death on a Roman cross over two-thousand years ago. Our church will meet at noon. Many will…
Adoration
"The life of true holiness is rooted in the soil of awed adoration."J.I. Packer My kids laugh at my jokes. Nobody's told them, yet, that…
Traction
My earliest memory is of snow. I was three years old, and our Chevy Citation was stuck. We couldn't get enough traction to climb the…
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…
Three kinds
There are three kinds of people in the world. The first class is of those who live simply for their own sake and pleasure, regarding…
Laughter
When I croak, I suspect that my family will put on my gravestone, "He had a big laugh." I come by it naturally. It runs…
Joyful noise
"The cork at last came out of the bottle with a heart-cheering noise."C.S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet, 17. My kids can hear the…
First snow
We had our first snow this week. It's way late. I think we've had one of the warmest falls on record. There's something magical about…
Puppies
"And then...came in throngs the whelps, the puppies, the cubs, whatever you called them. Suddenly his mood changed. They were jolly little things. He laid…
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…