"Give your family years of faithful—if unspectacular—leadership in family worship, and you’ll agree it’s worth it all when someday, perhaps far from now, unexpectedly, you get a response like this...."
Things that Last
Err Boldly!
Our daughters grew up learning to play a variety of musical instruments. When learning a new instrument or piece of music, they often played timidly— one uncertain note or chord followed by a similar one, like an urchin uncertainly knocking on one door after another, testing, hoping for admittance but not knowing if a welcome... Continue Reading →
Is That Legal?
Some laws are illegal. Sounds oxymoronic I know, but we are talking about politics and the unholy fruit of legislators here. Some laws don’t pass judicial muster as “legal” legislation when a court or a judge determines that they are not sufficiently specific. Laws have to be clear enough that a reasonable person knows what... Continue Reading →
Of Acorns & Oak Trees
Mark 6: 1 Jesus went out from there and *came into His hometown; and His disciples followed Him. 2 When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue; and the many listeners were astonished, saying, "Where did this man get these things, and what is this wisdom given to Him, and such miracles... Continue Reading →
I Get to— Living our Dreams
Ryan Adams, the alternative rock/alternative country, singer-songwriter interviewed on a recent Austin City Limits and spoke about his busy schedule following the release of a CD. He was lamenting the demands on his day to a friend, telling her: I’ve got to get up and do three interviews today, I have to go do a... Continue Reading →
How Big is Your God?
How big is your God? Or, at least, how big is your idea of God? The universe is big, really big, by any measure. Space.com says the universe is around 92 billion light years big; that’s an extrapolation from assuming we can see 13.8 billion light years distance in any direction, and that during the... Continue Reading →
Forgetting to Remember
I was in the house of a friend once looking over his bookshelf and noticed a hardback volume of an old favorite of mine, one I’d rarely seen in book stores much less a nice hardbound copy like this one. When I remarked to my friend what a treasure he had, he smirked, then chuckled,... Continue Reading →
Off With Their Heads!
`Would you tell me,' said Alice, a little timidly, `why you are painting those roses?' Five and Seven said nothing, but looked at Two. Two began in a low voice, `Why the fact is, you see, Miss, this here ought to have been a RED rose-tree, and we put a white one in by mistake; and if... Continue Reading →
Choosing to Live Intentionally in 2014
I've never seen an episode of Duck Dynasty but I'm familiar with all things ducky and Robertsonian (i.e., the family now famous for their duck calls, books, and television show). Family patriarch Phil Robertson made comments about homosexuality and the Bible's treatment of same in GQ magazine, and the feathers began to fly in the... Continue Reading →
My Father’s World
Reading the Creation account in Genesis 1 this morning, my mind was wandering into the realms of arguments against a "literal" reading of this much assailed text. Conventional wisdom from the fields of the sciences hold that the Creation story can't be read as real history since it doesn't appear to allow for what we "know"... Continue Reading →
Applied Heart 