A Tree Planted by Water

Blessed is the one who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers, but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, who meditates on God’s law day and night. Such a one is like a tree planted by streams of...

How To Pray Without Ceasing: Make a Prayer Window

I stand at the kitchen sink, washing kale for salad. Out the window, I can see my son shooting arrows across the backyard. He looses ten or twelve and then scampers out of sight to find them. I dump the dirty water down the sink drain, and my vision shifts from beyond...

Green Pastures

It’s been a day. Sometimes, it seems like it’s been a whole long string of days, and I am tired. Jack wants me to come outside and see the hole he’s dug in the back yard and the coal he thinks he’s found. Jane wants me to read her a story. And the twins are fussy and...