MANKETTI TREE “When peace like a river attendeth my way. When sorrows like sea billows roll. Whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say, it is well, it is well, with my soul.” — Horatio Spatford, “It Is Well With My Soul” Matthew 6:25-34Hebrews...
TOO MUCH, TOO QUICKLY, TOO SOON “Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance.” — Charles Caleb Colton Matthew 13 (especially 5-6)Galatians 6:7-10 We want it all. We want it now. We have never been good at...
BOBBLEHEADS, BIG HANDS, BALANCED LIFE “I’ve lost something. I want to try to find it again.” — John Steinbeck Ephesians 4Colossians 3:12-172 Peter 1:5-9 Bobblehead Night makes for one of the best nights on any sports team’s calendar. Is there anything cooler...
SNOZZBERRIES “A big elm in a single season might make as many as six million leaves, wholly intricate, without budging an inch; I couldn’t make one.” — Annie Dillard John 15:1-8Luke 6:43-45John 6:28-29 In the movie, “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory”...
IRA “The birth and growth of the spirit, in those who are attentive to their own inner life, are slow and exceedingly painful. Our mothers are racked with the pains of our physical birth; we ourselves suffer the longer pains of our spiritual growth.” — Mary Antin Luke...
SEASONS “I stepped off the plane a few hours ago, arriving in the strangely sub-arctic temperatures of Baltimore after departing from a balmy Los Angeles afternoon. Subconsciously I willed the plane to pivot 180 degrees and return to the Pacific Coast: to the beaches,...
