“Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.” (Prov. 6:6, RSV) As a kid, do you remember turning over a rock, brick, or piece of wood and seeing hundreds...
Welcome back to our book club discussion. I trust everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving. I’m still digesting…Not only the holiday feast, but also our latest chapter in Gerald May’s The Wisdom of the.....
On this Thanksgiving Day, we Americans are encouraged to pause and give thanks to God. In his Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1863, President Abraham Lincoln wrote: “The year that is drawing toward...
In two days, residents of the United States will stop as a nation for a day of thanksgiving. At least, that’s the idea. (For a brief history of Thanksgiving, see this item from...
L.L. here, for Thanksgiving. With five pies and a lulav.
Commercials, window displays, newspaper inserts, catalogs and radio spots awaken in our kids an almost manic need to acquire.
Imagine that you live in New Jersey, have a loving family, a beautiful home, and a comfortable income. You own a highly...
As The Road lights up the screen, a character called the Man rises early and goes to the window. By the look...
Recently I watched pastor and author Erwin McManus use a banana and a watermelon to demonstrate how integrity works. Peeling the banana and slicing open the watermelon, Pastor McManus explained...
“Before we’re served, shouldn’t we say grace?” asks Peppermint Patty. It’s a good question. ...
The boy Samuel ministered before the LORD under Eli. In those days the word of the LORD was rare; there were not many visions. One night Eli, whose eyes were becoming so weak...
A couple weeks ago, J.B. Wood posted about the peer review and performance appraisal process, with a discussion about image and performance. Performance appraisal processes are something of a major industry – peer...
I used to be a better human being. When I was a young single guy and into my early married years, I...
"And the Word became flesh and lived among us . . ." The most depicted scene in art is the crucifixion of...
Have you ever run away from home? Wanted to? ...
Sometime in late 2005, after a fish pen, camp stove and snowmobile were added to his list, I discovered Kyle MacDonald. Kyle...
These little notes have been showing up a lot around the house lately, courtesy of my seven-year-old Girl Scout. ...
I have observed that there is an underlying narcissism in much of today’s workforce. A certain degree of vanity and self-absorption has corrupted our employment view. We go to work, not to...
Twelve Dead in Shooting at Army Base. ...
L.L. here with Random Acts of Poetry. Writing in the dark. "That's bad for your eyes, LL," somebody's going to say. And I'm not going to argue. Because the kind of in-the-dark writing...
