Definition:Coffee, n.break fluid. No coffee can be good in the mouth that does not first send a sweet offering of odour to the nostrils.-Henry Ward Beecher A morning without coffee is like sleep.-Author Unknown The morning cup of coffee has an exhilaration about it which the cheering influence of the afternoon or evening cup of…
Archive | January, 2009
Christian Writer’s Market Guide 2009
If there is one resource and reference aspiring writers need, it is Sally Stuart’s The Christian Writer’s Market Guide. Called “the essential reference tool for the Christian writer” for good reason, the 2009 edition also has a CD-ROM with contacts for over 1,000 markets. There are contacts and information for more than 400 book publishers,…
Australia and the Glory of God
My aunt was visiting last week, and one of our annual activities with her is going to see a film at the IMAX® theater. This year’s pick was “Australia: Land Before Time,” a fascinating film. Although it was peppered with evolutionary references, I was left with much food for thought and renewed awe for the…
How to Be a Good Wife (Part 2)
By W. H. Du Puy, A. M., D.D. From the book Our Marriage, compiled by Kate Porteous Holt Published circa 1917, The Holt Concern Publishers, Warren, Ohio Make your home attractive. This means more than furniture. It means the thousand little touches of taste that drive the darkness out of the corners, and the stiffness…
Another Year Has Slipped Away
The sun has set behind the mountain, Fading is another day. And Like the setting of the sun, Another Year has slipped away. The Sunset painted pictures in the sky, Vivid memories to the hours passed. The Year, too, paints a picture of life That unaltered will always last. While the day is fading, While…
It’s a New Year
I keep reminding myself of the fact, but while my head knows it, practically speaking I don’t feel it yet. More often than not, I feel more like it’s a dream land I’m in. A place where wishes come true, and happy things make the days glide and the sad things seem only temporary. Yet…
How to Be a Good Wife (part I)
By W. H. Du Puy, A. M., D.D. From the book Our Marriage, compiled by Kate Porteous HoltPublished circa 1917, The Holt Concern Publishers, Warren, Ohio Reverence your husband. He sustains by God’s order a position of dignity as head of the family, head of the woman. Any breaking down of this order indicates a…
International Justice Mission featured in New Yorker magazine
From the press release: Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Samantha Power spent more than two years researching IJM’s casework in four countries. Power thoroughly investigates many facets of IJM President Gary Haugen’s life, the mission and diverse viewpoints on anti-trafficking methodology. Ultimately, she provides the powerful evidence – by citing compelling IJM casework examples – of the…
Walking Our Path
I thought … that I was carried in the will of Him I love, but now I see that I walk with it. I thought that the good things He sent drew me into them as the waves lift the islands; but now I see that it is I who plunge into them with my…
Reading by the hearth
by Bethanne Crackles rang from the wood stove. Fire devoured the wood inside, efficiently providing heat for the cool fall afternoon. Above the faint sounds of the fire, I heard my aunt reading aloud. The story was not new, but I was soon caught up in it as if for the first time. Reading aloud…
