by Katelyn Hall Our daughter Katelyn (rising Senior!) took an online course with Institute for Excellence in Writing this past school year. One of her projects was to imitate the style of classic authors. So here we have "The Tortoise and the Hare," first in the style of Mark Twain, and then in the style … Continue reading That Ploddin’ Tortoise and Pretentious Hare
Author: Steve Hall
That’s beautiful water!” my daughter Olivia exclaimed as we walked past a small pond the other day. The magnificent light show on the crest of the small waves of water immediately caught all of our eyes, shimmering and shining like something you would read about in a fairy tale. But yet, this world isn’t the … Continue reading Walking Past the Sparkling Water
Pay no attention to the chains that come along with all this freedom...
You know it's true. We have a sin / sex problem. At the risk of stating the obvious, and of being gloomy and demoralizing, I will begin by stating what is manifestly clear-- we are living in the midst of a dark and wicked day. The darkness is not coming. It is here. It is … Continue reading Our Hardest Battle
During the cold months of the winter I am reading through the Lord of the Rings to my boys in the evenings. (And to my little girls as well when something interesting catches their ear and they wander in for a bit.) Something caught my attention in our last reading that I found relevant to … Continue reading “Knowledge, Rule, Order”: Perverted Purposes of Saruman the Oligarch
by Steve & Jennifer Hall I am pro-life. For the Christian, this is a fundamental statement. We are fighting for a kingdom which is first and foremost a kingdom of life. We are fighting against a kingdom which is first and foremost a kingdom of death. Life is good; it is from God. Death is … Continue reading I Am Pro-Life, But
We can either be all worked up about the kind of world our children are growing up in, or we can work on the kind of children we are growing up in this world. The first choice will do the world no good, and the latter choice will do the world a world of good. … Continue reading A Helpful Tool for Making Men out of Boys
It's been quite a beginning to 2021. There is a lot we don't know, and it seems in some ways that the confusion gets worse with each passing day. But with all of the "bad," don't forget to also see the good. What might God be up to in these days we are living? What … Continue reading What You Can Know in Uncertain Times
We have seen a pattern with this administration, which is, they don’t believe in science. A few times during the 2020 vice presidential debate, democratic nominee for VP Kamala Harris made statements such as this concerning the present administration having no faith in science. The context of her comments were, I believe, in reference to … Continue reading Things That Go Together Like Science and Christianity
I am personally excited. At the same time I am concerned. I am excited about the possibility of seeing the atrocious law of Roe v. Wade overturned in our land. This legalized killing of children has been a fist shaken in the face of God for far too long. We are closer than we have … Continue reading This is Not Confusing (or, Which Party I Could Not Vote For)
