He’s Still the Hiding Place

This summer my two teenagers and I had the privilege of spending some evenings listening together to Corrie Ten Boom’s The Hiding Place (mending clothes, brushing the dog’s matted fur as we listened) and then watching the video. It had been maybe a few...

A Brief Timeline of Redemptive History

In our homeschool Bible teaching with Joshua, we’re emphasizing three levels of learning the Bible: Level One: Know those Bible stories. Know them in context. Sometimes in detail. (In our daughter Christiana’s college Bible class, she was surprised at how...

Perhaps Another Opportunity in Japan

I heard once that after World War II a call went out for missionaries to Japan. They had been defeated by a superpower, and they were open to that superpower’s religion. But only a few missionaries went. So the story goes that Japan looked at the United States...

Mother’s Day in February

The sands of time are sinking . . . “Mother, you’re in the hospital. You had a stroke. Remember?” Slow nod, barely perceptible. Eyes closed, a cloud of silver hair on the pillow. The dawn of heaven breaks . . . And there she is, at the piano with me,...