(my daily blog)
I’ve been taking great comfort in a simple truth from scripture. In Psalm 138, David claims, “God will fulfill His purpose for me.” It’s true.
Reports have come in that the weeping cherries bloomed early this morning. Last night, nothing. Today, everything. The children proclaim: “It’s like popcorn!” “It’s like
My daughters hear the sharp cries of some tiny thing in the yard by the big oak tree. “It’s a baby squirrel! She’s fallen from
I read a firsthand account of someone inside the medical tent at the Boston Marathon. Tyler Dodd, with medical training in trauma, crossed the finish line and
I didn’t talk to my children about Boston this morning because I didn’t know how. Then, back in my office on campus, I view a
Sometimes, on the most monotonous of days, I challenge myself to find the flair in the most ordinary of tasks. My most ordinary task today?
We travel once again to the secret pond. Little Girl in the Woods At first, you don’t see anything but a reflection. So you look
I’m studying cynicism. It’s the philosophy of the day amongst many college students, and I wonder how to combat it. Cynicism is trendy. It’s so
I ask students to characterize themselves by completing the sentence, “I’m the type of person who. . .” Sometimes students finish the sentence and then
On the walk to school this morning, during the hardest uphill climb, everyone stops to notice a row of tulips. They mysteriously appeared to line