School…of prayer
All my children started school this morning in two new schools. Jacob began kindergarten. Jill began...
Olympics opening ceremony
Olympic opening ceremony was dramatic. The most moving moment for me was seeing the North and...
Desperate need of exercise
The Olympics in Athens open today. I’ve posted some entries below from an Olympics blog you...
Things that my mother-in-law and I both like
Patsy Cline’s “Walking After Midnight” (get some eggnog streaming through your veins at Christmas, crank this...
Do you like your spouse
I’m convinced we all need to decide we like our spouses, our mother-in-laws, our parents, our...
The un-Atkins Diet
This morning I ate a piece of Milton’s bread with my coffee, and perhaps it is...
By the tender mercy of God, dawn will break on us
By the tender mercy of God, the sun rose again this morning. The morning is a...
How are we ever gonna use this?
My wife, Jill, is returning to teaching after a 10-year break to have our three children....
Why is Jesus of the Gospels silent about homosexuality?
So much for earthy details in Bible stories. Telling the children more about Lot’s plight in...
Pesky Tar Pits
The three keys to telling children stories of wonder and amazement are these: Suspense Suspense Suspense...
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