Those who explore the vast boreal forests of Canada are rarely far from a bunchberry dogwood, a plant so common that some have suggested it ought to be Canada’s national plant. The cornus canadensis is a little shrub that often carpets the floors of the great fir and spruce forests. A perennial, its shoots rise in the spring and soon each produce a whorl of six leaves. Come the early days of summer, a number of tiny flowers surrounded by …
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The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you today! On sale this week at Westminster Books is a good new book on money and finances that addresses a host of common issues and questions. Female Genital Cutting: Understanding A Cultural Practice This is the beginning of a promising series of TGC Africa. “Over three articles, we hope to inform and instruct Christ’s Church about a practice that harms girls and women throughout Africa. This practice is Female Genital …
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Grace and peace to you today! Today’s Kindle deals are highlighted by Al Mohler’s A Gathering Storm. (Yesterday on the blog: Drowning in an Ocean of Encouragement) I’m Playing My Harmonica For You This is a wonderful tribute to one of God’s saints. “I admire the way that she cared for her family. She bloomed right where she was planted, and made it her mission in life to create the fertile soil for her family to flourish as well. Then, …
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This week the blog is sponsored by Baker Books and is adapted from Matthew Barrett’s new book Simply Trinity: The Unmanipulated Father, Son, and Spirit. “If Christian theology today is sometimes in disarray… one of the major reasons is…its lack of roots.” —John Webster I have always wanted to travel to Lebanon and touch one of its ancient cedars. These cedars are so old that monks used to call them the Cedars of God. When Solomon built his temple, he …
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There are not many in this world who are at risk of drowning in an ocean of encouragement, of being swept away by a tsunami of cheer, of being pulled under by great waves of comfort. There are not many who receive so much encouragement that they never have reason to feel doubts, never have reason to grow weary, never have reason to be tempted toward despondency. There are certainly none at all who are at the least risk of …
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