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For When You Can’t Pray
Have you ever been through times in life when it felt like the world might come crashing down? When it's so hard, you aren't sure which way is left, which way is right, and what's headed your way tomorrow? When it feels overwhelming and it feels like you're just...
“Shared Hells: A Lenten Meditation” (by Peter Kreeft)
This is a Lent reading that I enjoyed called "Shared Hells" by Peter Kreeft. I have it in a book called Bread and Wine: Readings for Lent and Easter, but the reading can also be found online here: http://www.plough.com/en/topics/justice/reconciliation/shared-hells....
Food Allergy Update
I have several updates to the Food Allergy page. You know what that means, right? No news is usually good news, so if I have some news it's probably not the greatest news, and in this case, there is something to share. There are two pages now (see above for the two...
Calling Cards
Calling Cards Across pages hundred footprints of ideas, worlds within, shut-in, choked from chains of dust, caress each corner down binding torn and worn open page, set free captive verse and thought. Hands reach quench thirst starve ignorance whisper with ages share...
Spring (poem by Hopkins) and A Prayer for Spring (poem by Frost)
Spring by Gerard Manley Hopkins Nothing is so beautiful as Spring – When weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush; Thrush’s eggs look little low heavens, and thrush Through the echoing timber does so rinse and...
Studying Apologetics (Part 2)
In my previous post, I listed Category 1 of the Apologetics "course" my kids study during high school. I know there is much more out there, many great resources, and we supplement this list (included in full below) with Bible study and reading books. However,...
Studying Apologetics
My kids take Apologetics in high school, as I mentioned I would explain in the last post: "Hows that College Bible Class?". My daughter only had a couple of years in Apologetics, but her younger siblings will be taking Apologetics from 8th-12th grade (yes, each year)....
How’s that College Bible Class?
"Genesis is simply a book of poetry." "First and Second Samuel are historical fiction." __________________________________ Where do you think you might expect to hear the above statements? In a discussion with another individual about the authenticity of the Bible?...
Maple Trees, Maple Sugaring, and Soul-Extracting
I didn't plan to write about trees. It just so happens I saw a poem about willow trees on a website, and a corresponding article about willow trees and aspirin, which prompted me to write about willow trees here. I happened to come across a poem (posted near the end,...
The Willow Tree
I grew up near a golf course with graceful, majestic willow trees on the edge of the property. The golf course and the trees were just around the block and I loved looking at those beautiful trees. It was private property and it was also a golf course, so it was not...
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