Look to God and Live… Joyfully!

When I was growing up and would go to my mother with a problem she would inevitably always say, before offering any advice, “have you fasted and prayed about it yet?” From my earliest years I have witnessed the immeasurable power of prayer. My survival from a medication reaction, the reversal of an irreversible eye…

I’ve never been fond of dragons. Okay, not exactly dragons per se, but more dragon lore in general. It just has never been my thing (Don’t tell my daughter who loves the How to Train Your Dragon franchise). Anyway, Friday was the Feast of St. George, a day recognized and celebrated by many faiths, both…

I experienced a brutal reminder recently of a certain personal skills deficiency. The picture up above highlights this, and the object has recently come back into my possession. When I was a child I made a dinosaur for my dad. Yes, that is a dinosaur. It might have an extremely short neck and no tail,…

I recently heard a story that I’d never heard before. On December 6, 1842 Robert Schumann was set to debut his much-anticipated Piano Quintet in E-flat major. The work was dedicated to his much beloved wife, acclaimed musician Clara Schumann, and she was to play the complex piece at its introduction. Unfortunately, Clara fell ill…

Several years ago I had a friend, Joanna, who would watch Evangelical religious programming all day, every day. I’ve never known anyone who openly and unabashedly loved Jesus more than she did. Every Easter she would chide us when we would greet her with a “Happy Easter” and give us a lecture on the secular…