Crawling Around the Cathedral Floor
“I am convinced that poets are toddlers in a cathedral, slobbering on wooden blocks and piling them up in the light of the stained glass. We can hardly make anyth...
Lonely Tree—Which Do You Like Best?
Lonely Tree—Sepia, originally uploaded by wenabell.Lonely Tree—Black and White, originally uploaded by wenabell.
Barbecued Ribeye Steak with Red Potatoes
What started out almost perfectly, I will sadly tell you at the outset, ended in near disaster. I could lie, show you the pictures displayed below, and tell you t...
Only in Minnesota
Quote from my oldest as she left the house tonight...“Oh my. It’s 24 out. What do we need coats for?”
steaming soup on a cold day
steaming soup on a cold day, originally uploaded by wenabell.
A Reason Not to Blog
“The task of adding new lines and sentences and paragraphs to one’s collection can become an ever tempting substitute for reading, marking, learning, and inwardly...
The Human Being as Wayfarer
I am reading a collection of essays titled, Wayfaring: Essays Pleasant and Unpleasant, by an author, blogger, essayist that I increasingly enjoy reading, Alan Jac...
Do the Hard Thing First
One of the banes of my personality is procrastination. When I a was an engineer, I used the phrase “Do the hard thing first,” repeatedly in an attempt to keep mys...
Ultimate vs. Proximate
I am re-posting this from my friend’s blog The Works of God. I find Sproul’s distinction between ultimate and proximate very helpful.R.C. Sproul on Romans 8:28:Go...