by mcl | Oct 5, 2015 | Columns, Editor's Letter
“Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.” E.B. White Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the...
by mcl | Aug 31, 2015 | Columns, Editor's Letter
Strength is found not in busyness and noise but in quietness. For a lake to reflect the heavens on its surface, it must be calm. From Streams in the Desert by L.B. Cowman I am sitting on a plane 34,000 feet above the earth moving at a speed of more than 500 miles an...
by mcl | Aug 3, 2015 | Columns, Editor's Letter
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Galatians 6:9 I happened to be invited to speak at a men’s breakfast in Oxford last fall. There are about 30 men of all ages, races, and backgrounds who meet at...
by mcl | Jun 30, 2015 | Columns, Editor's Letter
“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.” J.R.R. Tolkien And you will know the truth, and the truth will...
by mcl | Jun 1, 2015 | Columns, Editor's Letter
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of...
by mcl | May 4, 2015 | Columns, Editor's Letter
“But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart.” Luke 2:19 Without a doubt, the strongest emotion I have ever experienced has been in response to my children. There is little debate that motherhood takes a woman to the “breadth,...