Thy Grace is Sufficient

When I was 10 years old, I remember sitting in the den of our house in Arcadia with my parents, on Christmas Eve, watching the astronauts of...

Photo information here. Mary's Song by Luci Shaw Blue homespun and the bend of my breast keep warm this small hot naked ...

Into The Darkest Hour by Madeleine L’Engle It was a time like this, War &  tumult of war, a horror in the air. Hungry yaw...

And so, it’s December again, and how did we get here?   Each of us finds ourselves confronted with the Holiday reveling, rushing, purchas...

Nativity Carol Born in a stable so bare, Born so long ago; Born neath light of star He who loved us so. Far away, silent He lay, ...

Tonight, I sat in the comfort of our home, and watched the beginning episode of The Pacific on DVD.  I was again reminded that 69 years ago...

Little Lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee? Gave thee life, and bid thee feed By the stream and o’er the mead; Gave the...

The Wexford Carol Christmas Hymn & Carol Lyrics Good people all, this Christmas time, Consider well and bear in mind What our good...

Give me a block of spongy stuff, my own orchestra level pup tent, and a baton. Oh, that we all could conduct our lives with such joy, aband...

I have just finished reading this book , which explores the way in which we modern folk have become tethered to our "screens" in s...

Religious Talk God. Faith.  Believing. Jesus.  Holy Spirit.  When these terms are mentioned, right away, it seems, our minds start spin...

September Again And so, we have come back around to September again. There have been 52 of them for me thus far, 19 for Oldest Daughter, ...

This summer was different for our family. We didn't go anywhere.  And that was just fine for us. In the past five years I have been k...

Whack A Mole for Jesus Recently, I have been reflecting that there may be a big difference between "Human Doings" and Human Bei...

My half-brother, a former US Air Force pilot, sent me the link to this video today.  Quite touching, and worthy of sharing with others.

The Team Its been a bit more than two weeks for Younger Daughter and team members on their mission trip to Albania.  They are flying home...

Sometimes, the words just speak for themselves:                 When You Are Old     W HEN you are old and gray and full of sleep, ...

She could have spent a week at the beach. Or at a spa, or shopping, or laying in the sun. But my wife chose to do this for a week.  I admir...

A week ago we put Younger Daughter on a plane to Albania, via London.  After 7 days we have a wonderful update from a remarkable girl.  Ok, ...

A friend just sent me this video.  Now I am a complete mess.  This is beautiful.  Simply beautiful. (And now, in November 2012, as this song...

This afternoon, we put younger daughter on a plane ( ok , really a church van, that was going to the airport) to that wonderland of eastern ...

Tomorrow will be the 4th of July.  BBQs with friends, flags and bunting, a parade down Main Street.  Bikes festooned with red, white, and b...

Up The Hill A couple of weeks ago, Younger Daughter and I took a short car trip up a hill.  No big deal, but farther and deeper than I thou...

Last night, in the seventh inning of the Dodger game, longtime broadcaster Vin Scully informed the crowd via the scoreboard video screen...