Gaining a heart of wisdom
The longer I live, the more dubious sounds the popular wisdom of couch pillows and coffee mugs advising me to “Listen to your heart.” When push comes to shove (as it invariably does), I’m learning the advice my heart dishes out is likely to lead me astray. Let me instead speak to my heart as the psalmist… Continue reading What’s the Worst Advice You’ve Ever Been Given?
Our son sawed lumber, hammered nails, and used a paintbrush dipped in Mediterranean Olive Green to create custom-made doors for our bathroom closet. There are any number of things a twenty-year-old guy could have done with his Saturday. He chose to give his away. Loving and giving are inseparably linked in Scripture. In the Old… Continue reading Six Encouraging Resources To Prepare Your Heart For Lent
Cold February is no context for thoughts of spring. Like the daffodils, our hopes are asleep under a crust of dirty snow. Nonetheless, retailers rush to display Easter candy and sleeveless, frilly dresses for us to admire in our winter coats and boots. Thoughts of resurrection seem out of place somehow when bare trees can't… Continue reading Musings: February 2019
Living Our Days 