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Joining the Lord’s Work

I’ve been spinning my wheels for a couple of months now. A year ago, I would have told you that

My latest book: Madeleine L’Engle’s Circle of Quiet, book 1 of the Crosswick Journals. When we are self-conscious, we cannot be wholly aware;

If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is: infinite. For man has

I died at the tender age of four. I stood at the front of the sanctuary, the first of my

It’s springtime in the Southern Hemisphere, which means I’m hunting for my gardening gloves. Given the climate I now live

This weekend, I baked a birthday cake for our youngest. In keeping with the typical treatment of the third child,

Modern-day prophet Wendell Berry is clear: we must stay and we must love the places where we stay. No sentimentality,

There are moments in church history, and in our own church experience, when divisions occur over doctrinal issues. However, our

“The word became flesh,” John writes, “and dwelt among us.” Flesh: nothing romantic or idealized here. This is the sagging,

“The heavens declare the glory of God,” David exults, “and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.” I wonder what the