Playground Philosophy

Vacation Bible School is not for the faint of heart, and I am very thankful for the army of people who helped do two in my community last week. Needless to say, I spent a lot of time supervising the playground. It led me to contemplate the deep differences between poetic justice and karma, evenContinue reading “Playground Philosophy”

How Long, O Lord?

I have a Whisperer at Bible Club. She sidles up to me, cupped hands around her mouth, ready to whisper shocking details about any of the other little kids sitting nearby. This week, it was, “Sarah, did you know that [so and so] said he was going to steal [so and so’s] bike?!” “We won’tContinue reading “How Long, O Lord?”

Today’s Babel

Listen HERE What havoc the original Babel incident caused! God confused peoples’ languages, forcing them to disperse, teaching them that uniting behind evil is not uniting at all. What if it happened again? But this time, God determined the point at which the world was full of language. The last word would be the proverbialContinue reading “Today’s Babel”

Back to the Ark

Since we were going to be driving across the country anyway, my children, my adventurous mom, and I decided to visit The Ark Encounter in Kentucky. We had visited several years ago, but we were excited to build on our knowledge. I have a particular interest in the pitch Noah used to cover the ark,Continue reading “Back to the Ark”