I didn't want my daughters to be afraid of the deep end, so with each I played Shamu the whale. My daughter would be the trainer. I would be Shamu. She would pinch her nose and put her arm around my neck, then down we would go. Deep, deep, deep until we could touch...
C. S. Lewis can tell you. We wouldn't like to imagine the twentieth century without C. S. Lewis. This Oxford professor came to Christ in his adult years, and his pen has helped millions do the same. It would be hard to find a writer with wider appeal and deeper...
Five year-old Madeline climbed into her father's lap."Did you have enough to eat?" He asked her.She smiled and patted her tummy. "I can't eat any more.""Did you have some of your Grandma's pie?""A whole piece!"Joe looked across the table at his mom. "Looks like you...
Would you buy a house if you were only allowed to see one of its rooms? Would you purchase a car if you were permitted to see only its tires and a taillight? Would you pass judgment on a book after reading only one paragraph?Nor would I.Good judgment requires a broad...
There is nothing impressive about the stationery. No embossed letters. No watermark. No heavy stock paper. No logo. Just a sheet of yellow legal-pad paper, the top of which is jagged from the tear.There is nothing impressive about the handwriting. There used to be. As...
Spray pant won’t fix rust.A Band-Aid won’t remove a tumor.Wax on the hood won't cure the cough of a motor. If the problem is inside, you have to go inside.I learned that this morning. I rolled out of bed early. . . Real early. So early that Denalyn tried to convince...
I came across a sad story this week, a story about a honeymoon disaster. The newlyweds arrived at the hotel in the wee hours with high hopes. They'd reserved a large room with romantic amenities. That's not what they found.Seems the room was pretty skimpy. The tiny...