Pastor at Dover Baptist Church in Goochland, VA.
For me, one of the small joys of autumn is the sudden emergence of the beautiful red flowers, known in my part of the country as "spider lilies." Recently I learned that these flowers are actually an invasive species that originated in South Eastern Asia. This gorgeous red weed eventually made its way to the... Continue Reading →
All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot “If you decide to become a veterinary surgeon you will never grow rich but you will have a life of endless interest and variety.”James Herriot, All Creatures Great and Small In "All Creatures Great and Small", we are introduced to a young veterinarian named James Herriot (the... Continue Reading →
"[The firefly's] luminescence could very well be the spark that reminds us to make a most necessary turn - a shift and a swing and a switch - toward cherishing this magnificent and wondrous planet.”Aimee Nezhukumatathil, "World of Wonders" I truly believe that I grew up in one of the best environments a child could... Continue Reading →
"Stay where you are poor beast this is no world for you, keep your trees green and your friends protected and good luck to you for you are the last." - The Huntsman, The Last Unicorn This is the line that begins the titular last unicorn's quest to figure out what has happened to all... Continue Reading →
Whoever discerns accurately and searches all the way to the highest peak will be said to crush everything and reduce to dust the doctrines of good fragrance, like some perfume with which the bride is now said to be fragrant. Perhaps also the one who does not live according to the flesh but according to... Continue Reading →
Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” So God created man in... Continue Reading →
“It's tempting to ask why if you fed your neighbors during the time of the earthquake and fire, you didn't do so before or after.”
It is played everywhere: in parks and playgrounds, prison yards, in back alleys and farmers’ fields; by small boys and old men, raw amateurs and millionaire professionals. It is a leisurely game that demands blinding speed; the only game in which the defense has the ball. It follows the seasons, beginning each year with the... Continue Reading →
He was despised and rejected by men,a man of suffering who knew what sickness was.He was like someone people turned away from;he was despised, and we didn’t value him.Yet he himself bore our sicknesses,and he carried our pains;but we in turn regarded him stricken,struck down by God, and afflicted.Isaiah 53:3-7 CSB Grief is an English... Continue Reading →
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