Month: September 2019
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Renaissance Christians
A recent message from a former student: “Hi Dr. B!!! Hope you are well! Mike and I have been thinking about the concept of ‘renaissance Christian’ that I learned in […]
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Not Grown Up and Still Alive
On Monday, five-year-old Shayna’s eyes stretched into saucers as she spied me splitting sixteen-inch logs with one whack. “What do you want to be when you grow up?” she asked. […]
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Analysis and Synthesis
It is dangerous to give your pastor a kayak. Monday’s sea breeze encouraged me to paddle due east, prow pointed toward Peniche, Portugal. A couple hundred yards of seaward sailing […]
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Try It
Neither brother wanted to try Life cereal, so they shoved it in front of four-year-old Mikey. He liked it! 5:30 Tuesday morning. Roads and beaches are suddenly less crowded. Orion […]
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The Folly of These Days
The elves of Lothlórien distrusted Gimli the dwarf: they insisted that he be blindfolded before entering their fair land. In order that he not be singled out, the rest of […]