We live in a noisy world. Traffic. Restaurants. Workplaces. Schools. Churches. Shopping malls. Playgrounds. All can be filled with noise. Even our own homes are rarely quiet places. Noise isn’t necessarily bad. It means others are around to offer companionship or, at least, the sense that we are not alone. Our enemy wants us to…
This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God. The seed along the path are those who have heard and then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved. And the seed on the rock are those who, when they…
Raising kids is relentless work. There’s joy, too—lots of it—but when the sink is piled high with dishes, the infant is teething, the grade schooler keeps singing the same five bars of “Home on the Range,” you’re fighting a stomach bug, and the whole household is running late again, joyful feelings can seem tauntingly elusive….
Our back deck has white vinyl railing around the perimeter. It’s a nice contrast to the brown decking, but as you may already know, vinyl easily attracts dirt. My spring-cleaning chores include wiping away grime that collects on the railing over the winter months. The first year I attempted this task, I pulled out anti-bacterial…
These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads….
“For when the One Great Scorer comes To mark against your name, He writes—not that you won or lost— But how you played the Game.” ~from “Alumnus Football” by Grantland Rice We entered a fun new era in our home when our youngest turned four this summer. As he learns his letters and numbers, our…