Another Look by David Faust First-graders at Salem Elementary School didn’t use fancy playground equipment in 1960, but we had fun anyway. We played on swings, a merry-go-round, and the ever-popular teeter-totter. Some called it a see-saw, but ours—a tottery, weathered board creaking back and forth on a rusty hinge—rightly deserved the name teeter-totter. Six-year-olds […]
The purpose of art—part three: reason and imagination
Christians and Culture by Dr. Charlie W. Starr The purpose of art is to be beautiful so that beauty can reach our imaginations. Then, in our imaginations, we can learn what only art and beauty can teach us. Before we define beauty further, let’s consider two kinds of human thinking. Two Kinds of Thinking When […]
Where You Live for March 27
by Dan Lentz 1. What is your most challenging responsibility these days (being a parent, bringing home an adequate paycheck, managing people, caring for others, and so on)? 2. Are you more prone to see responsibility as a blessing from the Lord, or as a burden? 3. How do you balance responsibility to your family […]
The Lesson and Life for March 27
by Becky Ahlberg Have you seen experts on TV analyzing people’s body language? It’s become quite an art. What did the use of hands, a raised eyebrow, or eye contact really communicate? It can get a little goofy, until you stop to realize that how we communicate is as important as what we communicate. What […]
Faith and work
The Editor’s Desk by Shawn McMullen When I think about Bible characters who took their faith to work, I think about Joseph. Sold to human traffickers by his jealous brothers, transported miles from his homeland into a strange country, auctioned off as a common slave to an Egyptian official, we might have expected Joseph to […]
