If you take care of the birds, you take care of most of the big problems in the world. – Biologist Thomas Lovejoy My advice to pastors and others who care too much is this: hang a bird feeder...
Last week, after a fifteen-plus year hiatus from the sport, I went running with my daughter. We laced up our running shoes and set off, down the wet, grassy slope of the field across the street, through a narrow hedge of what we hoped wasn’t poison ivy, and onto...
I found myself in a bit of a funk last night. After mowing the front lawn, I sneaked into my office to pray for awhile. It helped. And then I saw my daughter outside and decided to join her because the hot humid day had finally turned cool and breezy. We road our...
Edge of the Conodoguinet Creek, Still Waters Retreat, Carlisle, PA “Don’t forget, you’re going to die.” – WeCroak.com I had been keeping an eye on the spot for weeks. I thought it was a bug bite. I thought it would go away. But it didn’t. ...
My twelve-year-old daughter says there are four eggs in the nest outside her bedroom window. I believe her, because she’s who one sits and watches, keeping an eye on the world around her. // On the night after the Parkland Florida shooting, my oldest...
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