“That is why it was called Babel — because there the LORD confused the language of the whole world. From there the LORD scattered them over the face of the whole earth.” – Genesis 11:9 Yesterday I was back at Everson Elementary, one of my favorite schools because of the diversity of the students. Being … Read more

“In a pond koi can reach lengths of eighteen inches. Amazingly, when placed in a lake, koi can grow to three feet long. The metaphor is obvious. You are limited by how you see the world.” – Vince Poscente, Olympian (1961- ) WOW! I used to have fish tanks at various times of my life, … Read more

“No one who is fit to live need fear to die.  Poor, timorous, faithless souls that we are!  How we shall smile at our vain alarms, when the worst has happened!  To us here, death is the most terrible word we know.  But when we have tasted its reality, it will mean to us birth, … Read more

“All love in general hath an assimilating efficacy; it casts the mind into the mould of the thing beloved… Every approach unto God by ardent love and delight is transfiguring.” … John Owen (1616-1683) Okay, I should probably know what “efficacy” means from the way it is used in this quote, but I still wanted … Read more