‘Binky Patrol’: Bringing love and comfort to childrenFebruary 10th, 2024-MONROE/TRUMBULL— Knitting needles, colored yarn, and soft fabric. It is these ordinary items that have inspired a 10-year mission dedicated to comforting children. What began… Read More ››
Touched with a melancholyJanuary 28th, 2024-Ihave now my full share of years. It is not an extraordinary life by any means, but luckier than many, I think, and happier than… Read More ››
Burping God on Her ShoulderDecember 26th, 2023-But when the time had fully come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the Law (Galatians 4:4). (Extra) December—the year is… Read More ››
So Many are GoneDecember 4th, 2023-It is November, with its Feasts of All Saints and All Souls Day. On these days I do remember people who figured prominently in my… Read More ››
Some thoughts on September and timeOctober 20th, 2023-I find it hard to turn the calendar page to September. September generally brings some of the rarest days of the year, some glorious days… Read More ››
Kissed by GodSeptember 4th, 2023-Have you ever been swept away inside the rhythms and sounds of a piece of music that expresses what words cannot? Have the sounds of… Read More ››
The Antechamber to HeavenJuly 30th, 2023-From childhood on, summer and I have been the best of friends. When I look back, most of the good memories of my childhood are… Read More ››
He is closing in againJune 25th, 2023-Can people be religious and not spiritual? The answer, of course, is yes. “I’m spiritual, not religious” is a common response. Many people’s definition of… Read More ››
God’s feathery providenceMay 27th, 2023-“The ultimate evil in the temporal world lies in the fact that the past fades, that time is a perpetual perishing” (A.N. Whitehead). I have… Read More ››
Some thoughts about atheismApril 30th, 2023-Western culture has become increasingly secular. The spirit of our age seems to involve the denial of transcendence. Many consider the development of atheism as… Read More ››
The last enemyMarch 29th, 2023-“My dwelling, like a shepherd’s tent is struck down and borne away from me; You have folded up my life, like a weaver who cuts… Read More ››
The Beauty of Enduring LoveFebruary 19th, 2023-“Home and possessions are an inheritance from parents, but a loving prudent wife is from the Lord” (Proverbs 19:14). A Russian proverb has it that… Read More ››
Happiness on IceJanuary 22nd, 2023-Who among you delights in life?” (Psalm 34:12). In the Declaration of Independence, the Founders of our country boldly stated that everyone possessed the inalienable… Read More ››
Our God made visibleDecember 19th, 2022-While gentile silence enveloped all things and the night was in the midst of her course, your almighty Word leapt down from heaven, from your… Read More ››
What’s it all about?November 6th, 2022-"A human being requires meaning, a reason for being; something that gives direction to his life. A human being must be able to answer the… Read More ››