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  • The Stork Continues to Deliver

    Yesterday, in a small town in Virginia, a new child entered the world. His picture came across my phone in the wee hours of the morning appearing fresh, wrapped and swaddled, warm and cozy. His face looked like an elf from Fairyland and I noticed I felt joy merely looking at him. Today, while driving, as Spotify brought me a…

  • Looking at Little Things

    “Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always say, ‘Do it again’; and the grown-up person does it again until he is nearly dead. For grown-up people are not strong enough to exult in monotony. But perhaps God is strong enough to exult in monotony. It…

  • Winter Reading

    “He did not hate the Winter now, for he knew that it was merely the Spring asleep, and that the flowers were resting.”  – Oscar Wilde from The Selfish Giant I love short stories especially those that address such topics as the redemptive action of Christ, personal conversion, the blossoming of love and hope, the restoration of Eden, and/or the…

  • Hail Life Redux

    In the past several days, I have been around a four month old baby. He is beginning to smile at his relations and friends, will hold on to fingers, and make attempts to grab toys. It was a surprise to all when, out of nowhere, he rolled over one day; and continues this feat of rolling, to the applause and…