Bible at Home

Aoudads are sheep with curving horns native to North Africa, but introduced on other continents and states, including Texas. They resemble hairy goats. On Monday I watched an aoudad, ( or“Barbary sheep”) bathing in Possum Kingdom Lake, while a tall white heron stood by in the water as a witness. It was a scene that…

The World is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon. William Wordsworth, 1807 Alexander Bell invented the telephone in 1876. When Wordsworth wrote “The World is too Much With us”…

In the summer my oldest sister Nancy used to teach Red Cross swimming at a nearby municipal pool. It was one of her first jobs as a teenager and she took it very seriously. Half way through her first summer she came home and told us that she had discovered that praising the children for…

Once while I was shopping before Christmas I found a lovely white cardigan sweater with white embroidery and made a mental note to return to the store after Christmas to see if it was still there and on sale. As it happened, I did return, and to my surprise and great pleasure, the sweater was…

Toad to Wait A friend sent me a and made bookmark picturing a frog, that read, “I was toad to wait here.” It is a pleasure to slip into my book, but to my seven year old grandson it is hilariously funny and worth reading over and over again. I keep it in “Prince Caspian”,…

For most of my life I have believed that Jesus’ words, “Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” (Matthew 5:48), were either hyperbole from Jesus, or a mistake in the transcribing of the Bible. It occurred to me that no one knew better than he the universality of human imperfection. From one struggle…

Unlikely as it may seem, every year scientists around the world are announcing the official discovery of previously unknown species of animals and plants. In 2021 it was discovered that a certain whale, previously misidentified, now named Rices Whale has been swimming with others of his kind in the Gulf of Mexico, and is already…

Spring fever at our house takes the shape of intense yearning to go swimming outdoors. The grandchildren can hardly stay away from the pool and end up with their feet, legs and arms dipped into 52 degree water and assure me that “It isn’t really cold at all.” By August they have moved on to…

Have a Chat “Mimi, could we have a chat?” It was one of my four year old granddaughter’s several delaying tactics when I was putting her to bed. Nevertheless, I said “Yes”, and turned around to sit on the side of her bed. “What would you like to chat about?” she asked. I answered, “Maybe…

Easter is like the parable of the Prodigal Son: “This son of mine was dead and is alive again! This brother of yours was dead and is alive again!” (Luke 15:23&32) and so they celebrated with feasting and rejoicing. What was lost had been restored. The job of Christ in coming at all was for…