saturday morning rescue

Yesterday, one of our kittens was missing.  My husband and I were concerned (we care about our pets) but we didn’t feel the urgency our daughter did to do something right away.  Bundled in her coat against the winter morning, she went walking down our...

the creation equation

In her book, Girl Perfect, former supermodel Jennifer Strickland talks about the feminine desire to be  validated by a man.  Speaking from her personal experience in the modeling industry, Jennifer relates how a woman feels valuable if a man...

a pugilist’s opinion

“Where do you find diamonds?  Deep down in the ground, covered and protected.  Where do you find pearls?  Deep down in the bottom of the ocean, covered up and protected in a beautiful shell.  Where do you find gold?  Way down in the...

DNA and personal holiness

I used to think it was very simple.  You pray for cleansing; God takes out the problems = life is solved.  You can now live a victorious Christian life.  The little stuff is over.  What I didn’t understand for many years is that implied in...

attractive or attracting?

In the fairytales, they don’t even have to try.  The maidens are fair without even giving it a thought.  Though they work from dawn to dusk (Cinderella) and sleep in the forest (Snow White) and spend days in a secluded tower (Rapunzel), they charm the...

in the meantime

They grow so fast, “while you’re not looking” the old folks say.  I think I’ve finally figured out while it is so surprising to behold the maturing of a child, even your own.  It happens on the sly, between the layers of life, on the...

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