“It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.” Alice…in Wonderland
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The new adventure
I woke up to the sound of rain this morning, and it sounded like all the yuck from 2014 being washed away. Last year was hard. My parents had several health issues, some terrifyingly close to the edge. I lost my sweet cat (okay, sweet to me) that I’d had since 1997. And the daily […]
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The First Sunday in Advent
Today is the first Sunday of Advent, the season in the Christian calendar when Christians have traditionally prepared for the coming (Advent) of the Messiah. We’re in a bit of a pressure-cooker season, so I’m not sure how much preparation will get done. But even if my halls go completely undecked, we’ll set up our […]
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Thanksgiving devotions
One of my favorite family traditions is the practice of having family worship. However, we do run into difficulties. While some families seem to have great success just reading through the Bible, our family needs more structure. We’ve used a number of different devotionals over the years, and they almost all seem to be geared […]
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Preparation for a new day
From today Table Talk devotional: “[S]in often takes things that the law says are good in themselves and deceives us into making them ultimate goods, that is idols. If we rest all our hope in achieving something that the law says is good — obedient children, a good name, and so forth — we might […]
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End of the day ruminations
We did quite a bit of traveling today, and then quite a bit of other stuff. The result is I am beat and less than an hour from breaking my chain. We can’t have that, so I give you a quote from the book A Year with C.S. Lewis (af) . This has been bouncing […]
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The prayer of a righteous person
Years ago, my grandmother had a stroke. She couldn’t remember her name,or her husband or my mom. She was confused about almost everything, but she kept saying, “I don’t know who I am, but I know my Jesus loves me.” Her faith is so deeply rooted that in a time of great distress it brought her […]
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Pray for the Persecuted Church
In my Washington Times Community Pages Column, I take a brief look at the state of Christians in Asia and Africa. The land where Christianity was birthed is steadily emptying of all Christians. Christian communities that have existed since the first century are disappearing. Frankly, I’m ashamed of myself when I consider my brothers and sisters […]
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Messy journey
One of my favorite painters is Thomas Cole, founder of the Hudson River School of artists. He painted these magnificent landscapes of America at a time when we were just beginning to lose vast swaths of our wilderness. One of his most intriguing works is a four-painting series entitled “The Voyage of Life.” When I […]
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