>My essay, "Morning Star," won first place in The Outlook essay contest.You can read it here.Sola Deo Gloria.

>Whenever major movie companies make the effort to produce classic literature, especially literature based on a Christian worldview, believers ought to support those efforts with their box office dollars. That’s why I encourage readers to see Prince Caspian, the latest Chronicles of Narnia production by Disney and Walden Media.But if older children have not yet … Continue reading >Prince Caspian: Temporal, but not Eternal Restoration

>On Sunday afternoon, our son-in-law took us up in a plane to look at some of the local flooding. The picture below shows the dam located about a half mile from our home. Two of the flood gates are open and water is boiling out at an astounding 100,000 cubic-feet-per-second.The entire Des Moines River bottom … Continue reading >Flood Update

>Yesterday I prayed a lot while I watched live footage of Cedar Rapids flooding on the Channel 9 website and anxiously waited to hear from my son who was working feverishly with other company management personnel to remove computer server equipment from their downtown Cedar Rapids office before flood waters reached the building.Shortly after they … Continue reading >The Flood

>Yesterday the earthly tent of my friend, Gen Piersma, was laid to rest. At the cemetery, the minister introduced his reading of Psalm 23 by noting its appropriateness "as we stand here at the graveside." As he read the familiar words, "You make me to lie down in green pastures," I was gazing beyond the … Continue reading >My Friend, Gen

>Part of the reason I find it difficult to blog is that I don't have time, but a big factor is my fractured focus.I have so many different projects and responsibilities that I can't concentrate on anything for an extended period of time. My mind flits from one thing to another like a butterfly fluttering … Continue reading >Fractured Focus

>This morning I was lying awake in bed after the alarm went off about 4:35, when I felt myself rocking. I thought my husband had come quietly into the room and was bumping the mattress to wake me without making noise that might disturb our sleeping puppy. But when I looked up, he wasn't there. … Continue reading >Earthquake

>There's an item on Yahoo News this morning about earth's mysterious hum. It seems that the earth itself emits a low frequency sound that humans cannot hear and only special equipment can detect.Scientists are puzzled. They should read the Bible.What we think of as inanimate objects are described as "singing" for joy before the Lord. … Continue reading >The Earth Sings for Joy

>In mid-February, I blogged about winter soon being past and hearing the voice of the dove in the land. Yesterday was the first day of spring. It was also the first day I heard the peeping of the tree frogs in our swamp.During the long frozen winter, I had forgotten all about tree frogs. But … Continue reading >Voice of the … Tree Frog?

>Every Secret Thing by Ann Tatlock Bethany House Publishers; paperback; 367 pages; © 2007Reviewed by Glenda MathesAs a church librarian, I am always looking for quality fiction that combines talented storytelling with literary excellence. Ann Tatlock never disappoints. She is one of few superb writers in the Christian fiction genre.Her sixth novel, Every Secret Thing, … Continue reading >Every Secret Thing: A Book Review