Posts under ‘Love’

A Parent for his Children

I was driving yesterday. I drove from Rhode Island to Ohio. That’s 13 hours by car. In case you don’t know, it’s about 800 miles. And Wednesday, after spending some time with my daughter, son-in-law and two grand kids (third from their family on the way), I will drive another 800 [...]

An Analogy of the Kingdom of God

Augustine said that the Holy Trinity was like a clover, three lobes, one leaf. I woke this morning and prayed and a thought came to me.
The Kingdom of Heaven is like a restaurant.
Ok.
Alright, so here is what my early-morning-no-tea-muddled-thoughts-but-prayer-clear mind thought. We are like the patrons of a restaurant. We come in [...]

Asking for Togetherness…

I just watched a cute, funny and good movie. Now, I am not a professional critic, so if you hated this movie, I’m sorry. You go ahead. I liked it and I liked it because it went against the Hollywood normalcy of sex, violence, criticizing the Christian faith, and anti-family themes. [...]

Finding Our Way with a GPS

I am sitting in the downstairs office, working on the laptop. I can hear the girls working on their school. One of the new bunnies is hopping around my feet. I am thinking of a conversation Jim and I had.
Jim made an interesting comment the other day. We were driving home [...]

The Things That Matter Most

I felt really bad for Jim. Over the last two weeks, he has had so little sleep. He was really struggling to function. Last night, he broke down, took something to help him sleep and went and crashed for almost 11 hours. He’s still upstairs sleeping.
When people list those things which [...]

HOw things Fit

Moving into a house is like applying Christianity to our lives.
I am moving boxes, books, crafts and clothing. We must make some things fit into small, the kitchen and other things into large, the living room. We have moved in fairly successfully and the house looks great.
One thing I learned though, is that [...]