Horse stories have captured our imaginations for quite a while now, perhaps explaining the existence of eyebrow-raising horse film subgenres, from Hallmark movies with faith themes to straight-up romance stories. You know you’ve seen it all when you scroll past Rodeo & Juliet or Horse Crazy Too. In this herd of horse movies, a few …
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Twin paths that travel a thousand miles side by side, arms locked forever. The inspiration for this haiku came to me as I was driving along an interstate overpass and saw the twin silver rods of a railroad winking at me through the trees below. I thought about how this pair of iron rails rides …
“Write what you know” is a piece of advice I’ve often followed, but I never thought it would lead me here. If your struggles are similar to mine, though, I hope the tips below will prove useful. These ideas apply to any cards you receive—birthday, Christmas, thank you notes, or even blank cards that you …
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Have you ever wondered if it mattered whether someone was unorganized versus disorganized? If this topic leaves you uninterested (or quickly becoming disinterested), then read no further. Intrigued? Read on. The prefix dis- has multiple meanings: “not; absence of; opposite of; undo, do the opposite of; deprive of; remove; free from; used as an intensive.” …
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The Lady is a riveting film with commanding performances from Michelle Yeoh (playing Suu Kyi) and the supporting cast. The production quality blew me away, both from the cinematography, which features the lush landscapes of Burma (now known as Myanmar), to the thrilling soundtrack which mixes orchestral strings with nods to Asian instruments and musical …
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Where is he, the promised seed? Where is the ram, the great I AM? Where is the priest who will intercede? Where is he, the prophet true? Where is the one, David’s greater Son? Where is the babe who was born this day? Where is he, born the Jewish king? Where is the child, a …
Books and blogs abound with tree metaphors for the Christian life. Yet, both old and new ground needs regular tilling, so whether these six ideas are novel or not, I hope they prove useful. 1. Roots bear fruit. Being rooted in the Gospel leads to the fruit of the Gospel. That’s why Christians need to …
“What’s in a name?” Shakespeare once asked through the voice of Romeo. The same question crossed my mind when I stopped to contemplate the author of “The New Colossus.” The poem is one that comes to mind quite often when I consider the situation of immigrants and refugees around the world and particularly here in …
The Apostle Peter understood what it meant to be saved through the midst of waters (1 Peter 3:20). Follow me on this brief journey below, and you’ll see the saltwater theme of this fisherman from Galilee. Called by Christ from the Sea Peter’s first encounter with the One whose call would change his life began …
“The more a subject matters to you, the harder it is to find a story you want to tell about it. The bar is higher,” Malcolm Gladwell observes at the beginning of his book The Bomber Mafia.* For Gladwell, the high bar story he had in mind centered around bombing campaigns during WWII, a subject …
