A friend suggested an easy solution to the deer problem. Every time you cut your hair, wrap it in pantyhose and hang a little from the tree. It works. Really. The deer avoid the tree. And eat your shrubs. Several years after high school, my friend and his new bride …
St. Augustine’s devout mother, Monica, taught her young son carefully and prayerfully. His brilliance concerned her deeply, especially when, as a young man, he cast off his simple faith in Christ for current heresies and a life given over to immorality. Later, Augustine wrote: “I could not distinguish between the …
With You is the fountain of life; in Your light do we see light. Psalm 36:9 The day dawns bright, puts sand in your eyes curse the notion, but risings next, and then you try to find the door, the road, your work, nothing more. Struggle to care, struggle in …
“Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.” Eccl.1:1 As one ages the momentum in ones life slows down and one has a tendency to look back more often than perhaps one should. Remembering what once was with fondness comes easily, but always following close behind are the …
