    Shadowlands is a 1993 British film that tells the story of the doomed love affair between the 20th century’s most popular Christian author (and my favorite) C. S. Lewis, and Joy Gresham, a divorced American poet. The movie contains no car crashes, shootings, nudity, or crude language, so it was not a huge money […]
1919) House of Cards (1/3) Read More »
By Greg Morse, posted July 10, 2018 at: http://www.desiringGod.org ——————————————-    With the touch of a button, we can memorialize our kids on their first day of school. We can record the laughter from the Ferris wheel on our first date.  We can hear his corny joke over and over, seeing that weathered face
1918) Saving Every Moment Read More »
When hope is but a pinhole of light in a wall of darkness, only Faith, Love, and Duty get me through a life of chronic pain. By Devin Foley (pictured above), posted June 11, 2018, at: http://www.intellectualtakeout.org . Foley is the co-founder and CEO of ‘Intellectual Takeout.’ ———————————    For ten years now, I
1889) Longing for Death Read More »
   (…continued) Has Jesus ever failed to meet your expectations? Has Jesus answered all of your prayers in just the way you expected he should? Does God run the world in the way you would expect a loving God to run the world? Most people do wonder about those things. Jesus does not meet
1886) Blessed Are Those Who Expect Nothing (3/3) Read More »
By Joshua Rogers, posted May 19, 2018, at http://www.foxnews.com. Rogers blogs at http://www.joshuarogers.com ———————-    I sat in the Fox News Washington studio last fall and waited to be interviewed on “Fox & Friends” about a heart-warming op-ed I had written for Fox News headlined “What happened when my daughter saw me kiss my
1865) Not Smiling Read More »
From Standing on the Promises, by Lewis Smedes, 1998, page 176.    Are there any signs that the world still contains a sound foundation for God to build on? I think so. Sometimes signs of goodness show up right in those places where the wounds seem beyond healing.    On the night before
1850) Any Sign of Hope? Read More »
By Rick Warren, posted May 2, 2018, at: http://www.pastorrick.org ———————-    You may think you’re at a dead end in your life. “We’re never going to get out of debt!” “I’m never going to have a baby.” “My dream is never going to come true.” “How is it ever going to work out?” Â
1848) No Way Out? Read More »
By Lewis Smedes (1921-2002) in Standing on the Promises, 1998, pages 58…81-84. ———————————–     Tammy Kramer was chief of the outpatient AIDS clinic at Los Angeles County Hospital. She was watching a young man who had come in one morning for his regular dose of medicine. He sat in tired silence on a high clinic
1840) Hope Adjustment Read More »
The Humboldt Broncos hockey team, 15 of whom were killed when their team bus collided with a truck in rural Saskatchewan, April 6, 2018. —————————- By Tony Reinke, April 10, 1028, at: http://www.desiringgod.org ————-    The tragedy of the Humboldt Broncos hockey team is hard to process. Eyewitness testimonies from the scene Friday evening
1831) “I’m So Glad…” Read More »
 In times of trouble, adults seeking to reassure inquisitive children who are aware of frightening events in the news but are too young to fully understand them, often turn to the example of Fred Rogers, the gentle and genial host who for over 30 years delivered lessons on love, kindness, and friendship to children on the Public
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