My Father Was A Farmer
Happy Robert Burns Day! “My Father Was A Farmer” Robert Burns, 1782 Song to the tune of “The weaver and his shuttle, O.” My father was a farmer upon the Carrick border, O, And carefully he bred me in decency and order, O; He bade me act a manly part, though I had ne’er a…
Continue readingOn Earth as it is in Heaven
Matthew 6:9-13 (King James Version) Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us…
Continue readingLiving For Others
I was looking for a specific C.S. Lewis quote when I came upon these brilliant, but lesser known quotes. “She’s the sort of woman who lives for others—you can always tell the others by their hunted expression.” – C.S. Lewis in The Screwtape Letters (p. 145). He expands upon this concept in his book, The…
Continue readingIn the Garden
It all started in the garden. The world was tainted by sin in that first garden when a snake crept in and marred what God had made. God had made the world in such a way that it had the potential for beauty and perfection; he had also made it with the potential for sin…
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I am continually amazed as I think about the nature of our world. We live in constant interaction with the molecules of the universe. We perceive things around us as solid objects: the keyboard on which I pound out these words, the desk on which my computer sits, and the dense mass of the mountains…
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