Summertime Agenda of Awesome
We still have a week of school left, but already I'm gearing the kids up for summer expectations. More and more, Lee and I have felt pressed to teach our kids how to fill their time wisely. This is a difficult task as it requires us to fill our time wisely. That whole "leading by example"...
The Detestable Art
Humans are amphibians - half spirit and half animal. As spirits they belong to the eternal world, but as animals they inhabit time. This means that while their spirit can be directed to an eternal object, their bodies, passions and imaginations are in continual change, for to be in time...
Stay In It
"Why didn't you take the picture?" "Sometimes I don't. If I like a moment - I mean me, personally - I don't like to have the distraction of the camera. I just want to stay in it." "Stay in it?" "Yeah. Right there. Right here." Excerpt of dialogue from The Secret Life of Walter Mitty I watched...
Why We Love
He proudly stood on the third riser, second from the end, and scanned the audience. Our eyes met and he grinned, his tiny mouth splitting his freckled face with pure joy and great pride. I pulled out the video camera, flicked open the screen, and as he waved proudly, I recorded the moment for...
