Dear Daughter, I’m writing to you because I know you’ve been listening. I know it by all the questions you ask. You’ve heard your dad and me talking about presidential candidates, and refugees, and a silverback gorilla. There are other conversations we have kept you from hearing because some things in the world need not trouble you yet. We speak […]
Rodents, Romans, and Chiaroscuro: Why We Love The Tale of Despereaux
Reader, do you know the definition of the word ‘chiaroscuro’? If you look in the dictionary, you will find that it means the arrangement of light and dark, darkness and light together. Let me tell you a few things you already know: Sometimes light and darkness take up residence in the same heart. Sometimes those who […]
Rodents, Romans, and Chiaroscuro: Why We Love The Tale of Despereaux
Reader, do you know the definition of the word ‘chiaroscuro’? If you look in the dictionary, you will find that it means the arrangement of light and dark, darkness and light together. Let me tell you a few things you already know: Sometimes light and darkness take up residence in the same heart. Sometimes those who […]
Sacred Surprise
Two-year-old Silas stood awaiting his sentence. Someone had committed a crime against household harmony, and he had no alibi. In fact, the Judge had seen Silas do it. Whoever said “Justice is blind” was crazy, he thought. I think Justice has eyes in the back of her head. And she did. Things were not looking […]
Lessons from Little People: Life at Child-Speed
I’ve learned what to expect when I take my kids for a walk: my three-year-old hits the ground at a sprint. He charges into the wide world at full tilt, without a plan and without fear. He just has to run. He is a doer. His sister, on the other hand, ambles along with her […]
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- Next Page »