Let it be known, I am a dreamer. I have a list of many, many books that I want to read, and I also have a very, very full life! But it is a deep desire of mine to continue to grow as a person, to grow in faith, and to live a life full […]
Some fun things … 1) the runaway bunny i opted to fill kaya & hudson’s easter basket with books rather than candy this year. i bought this one on a whim and it has become a new favorite! if i’m going to read a book 48582939 times for kaya and another 9488503932 times for hudson, it’s […]
Do you ever feel frustrated or even distressed by a lack of fervor and emotion in your worship or devotions? Do you ever leave a church service feeling flat, “un-spiritual” or even distant from the Lord? I sure have. Along those lines, I recently found this advice from C.S. Lewis particularly encouraging: “…don’t expect (I […]
I recently finished reading “Letters to Children” by C.S. Lewis (edited by Lyle W. Dorsett and Marjorie Lamp Mead) and loved it, as I felt sure that I would. As the title implies, “Letters to Children” is a compilation of letters that Lewis wrote in response to children who had written to him. Topics of […]
A 2011 Reading List A Tale of Two Cities | Charles Dickens. A Christmas gift! Already begun reading…Dickens amazes me. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader | C.S. Lewis Weight of Glory | C.S. Lewis God’s Polished Arrow | Michael McMullen. A biography of W.C. Burns written by a professor from MBTS. Have already read […]
This excerpt comes from “The Screwtape Letters” by C.S. Lewis. It sounds a bit on the crazy side, but these letters are written from the diabolical point of view of a senior demon, Screwtape and they are addressed to his young nephew, Wormwood. Wormwood has been tasked with being the tempter of an Englishman who […]
“And the word of the LORD was rare in those days; there was no frequent vision…” 1 Samuel 3:1 I’ve been reading from 1 Samuel for devotions lately. This phrase struck me and rolled around my mind for a few days. It’s a painful and sad thing to feel distance from someone you love. How important […]
“What was happening was happening to us both. I believe it is always so, mutual and, at least at first, equally intense, if it is genuine inloveness. The actual thing – inloveness – requires something like a spark leaping back and forth from one to the other becoming more intense every moment, love building up […]
