The fresh smell of newly turned earth is a sign that spring has come. The fields are plowed, and newly planted grain awaits the rains. Life is ready to spring from the barren soils of ...
Read more: Our VERDANT God
Spring is a time when new life bursts from the ground. Trees that have been mere sticks blaze forth with green, and barren brown earth transforms into a carpet that shimmers with flowers.
How like ...
If we want to become a teacher, we must submit to sixteen years of schooling. A doctor? Add another four to that, and then tack on an additional two years of residency.
To become a parent, how many ...
Read more: A Parent’s Duty
Picture a department store. How easy is it to recognize the appropriate clothing department for our age bracket? Quite easy for most of ...
Read more: Put On a New Robe
There are few things more important on a package of food than the expiration date.
Sure, some things can be used well beyond the expiration date, but other things expire like clockwork. Prepackaged ...
Paul of New Testament fame was a family man.
Oh, be assured, he wasn’t married. Nor did he have children, but there was a family. Thank God there was a family.
The Jews of Paul’s day vilified ...
Sometimes we get love wrong. We only see the emotion, and it’s more than that. The most enduring love is an action, something we do that shows someone we care.
Love makes life better for ...
How do we not fall down?
Okay, that’s an easy one. We place both feet on the floor and hold our back erect. But for some people, it’s not so simple. A head injury can knock us for a permanent ...
Read more: Our Standing Stone
The Emperor’s New Clothes is a child’s story designed to illustrate the empty façade of vanity.
In the tale, two tailors pretend to possess a cloth that can only be seen by the most cultured ...
Brick foundations. They look good, and they work very well.
Most importantly, a good brick foundation lifts our house above the surrounding soil. Termites can’t reach our wood superstructure. ...
Read more: The Bricks We Stand On
We all want to be happy. Yet how do we find it? Is it packaged and on a shelf, ready to be parceled out to whoever needs it?
Scientific studies show us our happiness is determined by three things: ...
Read more: Our Unexpected Happiness
Most of us don’t study quantum mechanics. The reality of it, however, is all around us. We can’t escape quantum mechanics if we try.
Hold someone’s hand. Are they alive and warm to the touch? ...
The fresh smell of newly turned earth is a sign that spring has come. The fields are plowed, and newly planted grain awaits the rains. Life is ready to spring from the barren soils of ...
Read more: Our VERDANT God
Spring is a time when new life bursts from the ground. Trees that have been mere sticks blaze forth with green, and barren brown earth transforms into a carpet that shimmers with flowers.
How like ...
If we want to become a teacher, we must submit to sixteen years of schooling. A doctor? Add another four to that, and then tack on an additional two years of residency.
To become a parent, how many ...
Read more: A Parent’s Duty
Picture a department store. How easy is it to recognize the appropriate clothing department for our age bracket? Quite easy for most of ...
Read more: Put On a New Robe
There are few things more important on a package of food than the expiration date.
Sure, some things can be used well beyond the expiration date, but other things expire like clockwork. Prepackaged ...
Paul of New Testament fame was a family man.
Oh, be assured, he wasn’t married. Nor did he have children, but there was a family. Thank God there was a family.
The Jews of Paul’s day vilified ...
Sometimes we get love wrong. We only see the emotion, and it’s more than that. The most enduring love is an action, something we do that shows someone we care.
Love makes life better for ...
