Running was once a large part of my life. Not in the way it is for the people who line the backs of their vehicles with stickers proudly declaring the length of their latest marathon or who rise early in the morning to train for the next, but in the sense that it was part…
Summer at our house means backyard bonfires. We love to have people over to roast hotdogs and marshmallows. Sometimes my husband and I will even go back outside after the kids go to bed, just to talk. We talk about all sorts of things, but eventually, as the fire dies down so does our conversation….
The pool in our backyard had just been completed, and all my children except one jumped in without a second thought, without fear. But my youngest was four years old, and until now, he hadn’t been around much water. As I helped him put on his bathing suit, I told him how much fun he…
Born in 1564, Galileo understood the way God had created the world even though other scholars were teaching that the sun rotated around the earth. Galileo knew the opposite was true. The church refused to accept this change, but scientists continued to make discoveries for centuries based on his work. Galileo’s understanding of the principles…
And the whole congregation of the people of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness, and the people of Israel said to them, “Would that we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the meat pots and ate bread to the full, for…
“Come on, G! You can do this!” I cheered as I attempted to coax my youngest child into the shallow end of the pool, sans Puddle Jumper. Her toes curled around the rough concrete edge and her fingers seemed to dig into it, as if the surface were made of sand instead of cement. “I…