Better Than A Hallelujah

I'm back! After one (long) week without the internet, we now return to our regularly-scheduled (almost) daily blogging.  Whew.  It was...

This morning in my Bible reading, I (re)read the story of the quadraplegic man whose friends bring him to Jesus.  Today's time through w...

Oh, God, our help in ages past Our hope for years to come Our shelter from the stormy blast And our eternal home. Under the shadow of T...

Overheard at the dinner table tonight: Addie: "Why do we want to go to church tomorrow?" Ellie: "Because it's Sunday....

In lighter news: 35. I have discovered that I have a serious passion for those sounds that carry great meaning without ever uttering a wor...

{Steps onto soap box.} An email came across my desk at work last week.  It noted $20 million in funds for the Victims of Child Abuse Act t...

{NOTE: I once listened to this song on the radio as I drove through a lightning storm in the otherwise pitch black night.  As the flashes of...

From The Night Circus : I find I think of myself not as a writer so much as someone who provides a gateway, a tangential route for readers...

The Night Circus Erin Morgenstern What a delightfully, charming book!  I'm a total sucker for magic and mystery, and this book was fu...

I've been a bit tender ever since I opened the letter this afternoon.  It was a normal day, and it was a normal letter.  We often get le...

There is a large dumpster in the driveway of a house a block or so away from my house.  It's a house that I walk by or drive by multiple...

Just as I am, without one plea But that Thy blood was shed for me And that Thou bidst me come to Thee Oh Lamb of God, I come, I come. J...

Our youngest daughter has a problem.  I'm not sure it's an actual problem or would warrant an official diagnosis, but she fixates li...

I don't think you have time to waste not writing because you are afraid you won't be good at it. DearWriterFriend sent me this Anne...

Here they are.  The thoughts inspired by Beyond Belief: Finding the Strength to Come Back , Josh Hamilton's memoir.  Addiction.  It co...

Beyond Belief: Finding the Strength to Come Back Josh Hamilton (with Tim Keown) I'm trying to decide whether to start with a review o...

When morning gilds the skies, My heart awaking cries: May Jesus Christ be praised! Alike at work and prayer To Jesus I repair May Jesus...

11/22/63 Stephen King I should probably start by noting that while I'm a fan of Stephen King (especially Uncle Stevie, who entertains...

Book Four was meant to be our February book club book: The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman.  I say "meant to be," because ...

2001 was a rough year for our family and friends.  It began with several family funerals and ended with 9/11/01, when our grief became corpo...