Tag: Holidays

Holidays, Mental Health

much and more: a tale of four apple seeds

L.S. Childe

Four little apple seeds.  That's how it all started. Four tiny little apple seeds have dominated - nay, wrecked my household over the past two weeks. Because of four little apple seeds, I have lost approximately fifty hours that I had earmarked for other purposes.  Instead of getting my hair cut, reorganizing my bedroom, and… Continue reading much and more: a tale of four apple seeds

Bible, Holidays

the stuff of dreams and lent

L.S. Childe

Last night, I had an epic trilogy of nightmares. In Part I, I was first pursued, then held hostage by a serial killer.  This dude was scary; he was Hannibal Lecter and Lex Luthor and Nurse Ratched all wrapped in one.  I kept trying to get away from him, but he always caught up.  I… Continue reading the stuff of dreams and lent

Bible

coalesce

L.S. Childe

I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality.... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.  ~Martin Luther King, Jr.   Prejudices are the chains forged… Continue reading coalesce

Bible, Holidays

happy

L.S. Childe

I am a Christian.  I have been an active believer in local churches for all thirty-seven years of my life.  I probably fall toward the conservative side of the pew when it comes to tradition and doctrine, and I actively enjoy apologetics, eschatology, and inductive Bible studies.  And it is with a full heart that… Continue reading happy

Holidays, Mental Health, Pop Culture

blue

L.S. Childe

“I think there must be something wrong with me, Linus. Christmas is coming, but I’m not happy. I don’t feel the way I’m supposed to feel…” -Charlie Brown I hate to admit this, but in the past, I have written off this bewildered confession as evidence of weak character on good old Charlie Brown’s part.  How… Continue reading blue

Holidays, Pop Culture

waiting

L.S. Childe

I love Sunday School. In yesterday's meeting, my leader introduced me to this amazing sculpture.  Its name is "Let Us Beat Swords into Plowshares" and it was created by Russian artist Evgeniy Vuchetich, then donated to the United Nations by the U.S.S.R. in 1959.  The title of the work comes from Isaiah 2:4, which reads: [The God… Continue reading waiting