Monthly Archives: April 2017

Speaking Our Language

The dove come to our porch every evening for one reason: my wife douses the patio with bird seed every morning!  After watching her Uncle Jack feed the birds at his ranch in Oklahoma, she pronounced that we were going … Continue reading

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Honoring Hosts Who Serve Us

Volunteers invested in Easter rather than just enjoy it. . . Every Easter we gear up for a larger crowd, but on Sunday we had some of our volunteers who never made it into a worship service.  They shared hospitality, … Continue reading

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Waiting for Sunrise

When we’re deeply troubled, it seems that nights last forever.  I remember vividly an experience when I was so profoundly bothered and worried and grieved that I couldn’t sleep.  While I could barely hold my eyes open, I also couldn’t … Continue reading

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Can’t Have the Joy without Facing the Pain

C.S. Lewis learned a valuable lesson the hard way. . . He married Joy Gresham when she had cancer.  He had been a stuffy professor of medieval literature for years.  He counted among his friends the peerless J.R.R. Tolkien. But … Continue reading

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