There is a (likely apocryphal) story that tells the tale of an encounter between famous novelist Ernest Hemingway and famous photographer Ansel Adams. In the story, Hemingway is purported to have praised Adams’ photographs, saying, “You take the most amazing pictures. What kind of camera do you use?” Adams frowned and then replied, “You write the most amazing stories. What… Read more »
United with her Lord, and reunited with Mom, September 19, 2014.
Miserable can be quite good. Some of C. S. Lewis’s best work was written out of misery. Miserable people can give deeply illuminating advice, too. I harp on this because the focus on happy is precisely where they go wrong. Their vague conception is that marriage is like a continuous dose of IV cocaine — you’re just happier all the… Read more »
As the historian Gertrude Himmelfarb observed more than a decade ago, “What was once stigmatized as deviant behavior is now tolerated and even sanctioned; what was once regarded as abnormal has been normalized.” But even more importantly, she added, “As deviancy is normalized, so what was once normal becomes deviant. The kind of family that has been regarded for centuries… Read more »
“Stand up for the truth of Christ; I would not have you be bigoted, but I would have you be decided.” ~Spurgeon
In March, Chad approached us with a request to begin courting a young lady we had been observing for a while, and after a time of prayer, Samantha and Chad formally began their courtship.
Twenty five years ago, I married a woman who has grown with me in The Lord and is more beautiful to me each day. “He who finds a wife finds a good thing, and favor from The Lord.”