Articles By: Thomas H. Hicks

‘Binky Patrol’: Bringing love and comfort to children February 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 melancholy January 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 Shoulder December 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 Gone December 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 time October 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 God September 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 Heaven July 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 again June 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 providence May 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 atheism April 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 enemy March 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 Love February 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 Ice January 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 visible December 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 ››