We are about to start our summer small group reading CS Lewis’s The Great Divorce. A church member approached and in jest said, “We are coming, but I worry my wife is a little too interested in the title of this book.” Lewis’s book begins with a reference to Blake’s Marriage of Heaven and Hell. I […]
Read more "Divorce"With graduations comes the expected congratulations card, as well as a coffee gift card, so young college students can stay awake to study for exams (or at least be awake to get to taco bell at three in the morning). Of course Meg has a box of note cards. I passed over Pinks and flowers – I […]
Read more "Christmas Cards"I flipped open the cover of Word and Way magazine and there was Martha DeVries. I texted her a congrats, and she quickly replied, “That can only mean one thing… more hate mail. This time from Missourians.” During the Fall’s political season turmoil, with the threats of bans on muslims and fears of worse actions, Martha watched the Muslim […]
Read more "Vitriol and Light"The trouble is the early morning or late night feedings. I am stumbling, bumbling and for the life of me I can not button little dude’s pants. I’ve skipped a button or snapped a button to the other pant leg. He is fussy, crying words I know mean food. I am fussy too, crying words I […]
Read more "Bane of Buttons"I went to Truett, the seminary at Baylor. During my time there, the Baylor football team was terrible and their basketball team was embroiled in scandal (the men’s team, the women’s was fantastic). Still, our undergrad alma mater, SBU, shares a football stadium with the local High School, so Baylor was big time. And over the years the university has […]
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