We love windows.
It’s one of the biggest complaints about earth homes, few windows! Our electric bills might be next to zero, but when we can’t see out, we want to pull our hair out.
Give us ...
Part of the crowd.
Is that us? Are we hoping to be invisible, not create waves, not be noticed? We don’t want to stir trouble, so we go along with the current crowd. If everyone else thinks it’s ...
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Birthday parties are good.
So are cake, ice cream, pink ponies, and our very own fort in the branches of a sturdy ...
We equate our hearts with love. However, where do “will” and “intent” originate? The head? Do we feel in one location and think in another?
To understand what Jesus meant in Matthew 5:8, we ...
Think about what makes us who we are. If we regularly welcome people into our homes, what brings that out in us? If we identify with a certain social group, is there a reason we gravitate that ...
Toddlers are into everything.
Exploration is what they’re about. They want to know what’s behind that cupboard door, where the water in the toilet goes, and how many things they can fit in an ...
The standard Texas phrase for applying a solution is to “fix it.”
If we’re hungry, we fix lunch. Broken kite? Fix it. Damaged relationships, yeah, we can fix those, too.
“Fix it” applies ...
An old child’s verse tells of eating curds and whey.
Curds and whey? Was the child being punished? Eck! The poor thing must have gotten on someone’s nerves very badly.
The child in this story ...
Jesus is our finest example of love.
Even atheists view our Lord as humanity’s model of caring protection. They may not believe he’s the Son of the Eternal Father, but they can agree that the ...
We live in a culture that tells us to stand up for our rights, to take it like a man, and to be all we can be. How can we reconcile that with Jesus’ words in Matthew 5:5?
“Blessed are the meek, ...
We love gold.
Don’t believe that? Check the prices. As of September 15, 2016, one ounce of the pure substance would set us back $1,320.40. In metric terms, one kilogram slaps us with a bill just ...
Forget about hunger and thirst. Those two concepts are as alien in modern America as coal-fired cook stoves and shoeing horses. In America, we need to envision something closer to ...
Car seats are wonderful, if we’re three years old.
Car seats are all about protection. They keep our young ones safe. Properly installed, a good car seat protects small children from exploding ...