Babel: on obedience

Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. And they said to one another, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us…

Five Minute Friday: relief

The door opens and I turn to see who it is: a man who mumbles an apology: "Hey, sorry about the noise." Only three students were in attendance when my eight o'clock class was to begin -- they increased to ten before the end. My ten o'clock was full, but the students were rain-drenched, having…

May: learnings

Joining Emily P. Freeman and friends today, sharing things we learned in May.  1. I learned how to make these paper pinwheels while decorating for a wedding reception. Real people taught me how, but, if you want to find out online, I can google that for you. 2. I learned that in the New Testament,…

Five Minute Friday (on Saturday): Willing

When David Copperfield carried to Peggotty the message that "Barkis is willing," it was certainly not the most romantical proposal in the world. But romantical-ness, perhaps, is less essential than good, solid comfort, and Peggotty also being willing, she became Mrs. Barkis. Generally, I tend to put "willingness" on the scale somewhere below actual desire.…

obedience where it hurts

I've begun to read the book of Ezekiel. The last time I read it was nearly four years ago. It was summer then, but now it is spring -- the Mississippi spring which alternates glory with terror, alternates days of delicate blossom and growth with massive storms which leave tracks of desolation sprawling across the…