Seussical, the show my family has been a part of this summer, is coming to a close. The experience has already produced some pithy paternal parental ponderings that I have passed to my progeny to preserve for posterity. But wait…there’s … Continue reading
I remember teaching you to ride a bicycle. You were so scared, the bicycle so big. It was, in truth, a tiny machine, long since sold at a yard sale. On that morning, however, it was your Goliath to conquer, … Continue reading
My daughter and I are currently in a production of the show Beauty and the Beast at LifeHouse, a local community theater. The heroine of our version is named Rose, not Belle; otherwise the story tracks pretty well with the … Continue reading
Everlasting Father, (Isaiah 9:6). I hope you have a great dad. I hope he is loving and strong and gentle and a daily blessing to your life. I hope this, not only to make those family Christmas dinners a little … Continue reading
Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, and since we have a great priest … Continue reading
Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise- the fruit of lips that openly profess his name (Colossians 2: 6-7). The coming of spring brought, at long last, relief to the Pilgrims. They met Squanto, … Continue reading
We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death itself. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves … Continue reading
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is–his good, pleasing and perfect will (Romans 12:2). Life in … Continue reading
But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Jesus Christ my Lord, for whose sake I have lost … Continue reading