Gaining a heart of wisdom
Whether it’s a movie, a novel, a picture book, or a tale spun around the dining room table, people are drawn to stories. In I Corinthians 10, the Apostle Paul looks back on one of the most well-known stories of his people, their wilderness wandering. He uses the important images there to illustrate sobering truths for… Continue reading The Challenge and the Inspiration of a Good Story
First impressions are usually lasting, and that was certainly the case with my introduction to Frederick Buechner, which came through a Luci Shaw poem. She quoted these nourishing words in a season of seeking intimacy with God: "Beat a trail to God long enough, and he will come to you on the trail you have… Continue reading Frederick Buechner’s Beautiful and Terrible World
Conversations about the laws that govern chemistry might be one of the most spiritual things going on this week at my dining room table. Homeschooling chemistry involves revisiting the Periodic Table of Elements with its jagged line separating the metals and the non-metals and the tiny numbers that define and describe unseen properties of pure… Continue reading Beloved Differences Bring Us Together in Hope
Hanging laundry this morning to riotous birdsong, I carefully secured the corner of each bath towel, and then smiled, thinking of Nana. "You go out there, and you hang that laundry so it looks right." I can't remember -- did we roll our eyes back in the seventies? "But it will dry just fine the… Continue reading A Gracious Plenty
