As children, we enjoyed playing with and learning about the properties of light through using its rays. A small, bright light in a dark room allowed us to make shadow puppets on the wall, using our hands. The magnifying glass opened up new worlds as we explored nature...
"In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth." (Genesis 1:1 ESV) Have you ever seen pictures taken by the Hubble space telescope? The universe is a beautiful place. When I stop to think about the farthest reaches of space, I think about darkness. I don't...
“Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory in the heavens. Through the praise of children and infants you have established a stronghold against your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger. When I consider your heavens,...
For the last three nights I hadn’t slept too well. I would wake up over an hour earlier than normal and then be unable to get back to sleep. I was a bit tired then when I went into my bedroom to watch a little television this evening. The nightly news was its...
By the gate of SingaporeI look at the skyAnd watch the dance of thunderAnd I wonder aloud–Have I seen heaven lose control before?The wet paintings on the wallsBeckon to me with all their mightSo I move closer, gliding on my feetBut the closer I move,The farther their...
I was only sixteen, an age when I just couldn't wait to get my driver's license and be free! My relationship with my father was good, but I was at the age when I wanted to separate myself - to grow up. I wanted to live! I was the youngest and I had one older brother...
It was a freezing cold, dreary day, even though the calendar said it was almost Spring. The white hen (the one that was always hiding from the twelve roosters mentioned in the story "Bunny Eggs") had laid some eggs under the large rhododendron bush in the front yard...