O hope of every contrite heart

These are some of the lesser-known stanzas from the hymn “Jesus the Very Thought of Thee” by Bernard of Clairvaux: the rest is here. O hope of every contrite heart, O joy of all the meek, To those who fall, how kind Thou art! How good to those who seek! But what to those who [...]

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More quizzes

I don’t know why, but I enjoy these silly little things. You Are a Calculator No matter what someone tells you, you’re likely to focus on facts and data. You’re a highly analytic person. You are only concerned with what you can know for sure. You look at situations objectively, and you have no problem [...]

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Friday’s Fave Five

Susanne at Living to Tell the Story hosts a “Friday Fave Five” in which we share our five favorite things from the past week. Click on the button to read more of the details, and you can visit Susanne to see the list of others’ favorites. 1. Some of the friends my middle son, Jason, [...]

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Sin

On my way home from taking Jesse to school, I caught the very end of a radio broadcast in which the speaker read a letter to the editor in which the author said he was sick of hearing about sin and wanted only a religion that taught things like gentleness and tolerance. That’s understandable: no [...]

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(Un)expected company

Several weeks ago my middle son, Jason, told us some of his friends from Castlepoint were getting married in a nearby town, and another friend, Paul, was driving down from Indiana for the wedding, and then had to go to NC to the camp where he’s be working this summer, and Jason wanted to know [...]

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My mom

Today would have been my mom’s 72nd birthday if she were still alive. I wrote the following a couple of years ago for Mother’s Day and wanted to repost it today in memory of my mom. My mom and me: From my earliest memory, my mom was my best friend — not in a way [...]

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What’s On Your Nightstand: May

The folks at 5 Minutes For Books host What’s On Your Nightstand? the last Tuesday of each month in which we can share about the books we have been reading and plan to read. You can learn more about it by clicking the link or the button. Is it the last week of May already?! [...]

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Book Review: When Love Blooms

Some weeks ago I saw Robin Lee Hatcher offering advance copies of her book When Love Blooms in exchange for reviews. Sounded like a good deal to me! When Love Blooms is set in Idaho in the latter 1800s. Emily Harris has been caring for her sister and nephew and their household during a serious [...]

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Memorial Day

I receive e-mails from the Good Clean Fun list by Tom Ellsworth, and on some holidays, particularly patriotic ones, he includes a serious note. This past week he included the history of Memorial Day, which I thought was interesting and would like to share with you: I want to be serious for a moment and [...]

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The visible teaches of the Invisible

“For the invisible things of him… …from the creation of the world… …are clearly seen… …being understood by the things that are made… …even his eternal power and Godhead…Romans 1:20a. (All photos except the last two are from the morguefile.) This is my Father’s world, and to my listening ears All nature sings, and round [...]

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