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Scuffy the Tugboat and the Joy of Contentment

Scuffy the Tugboat and the Joy of Contentment

Contentment can be confusing.  Like, is it a good thing, or a bad thing?  Is contentment something to be pursued, or resisted? On the one hand there’s this positive side to it, in that it’s good to be content with what you have, not constantly wanting more in a way...

Six Reasons to Meditate on the Brevity of Life

Six Reasons to Meditate on the Brevity of Life

Even Christians sometimes live as though this life will last forever.  But the Bible teaches that we are sojourners on this earth.  The Psalmist pleads with God to “make me know my end  and what is the measure of my days;  let me know how fleeting I am!”  Here are 6...

Take a Stone With You

Take a Stone With You

It's one of those dreary, rainy days that makes me want to stay inside, curled up with a good book and a hot cup of tea. I wonder if part of the reason that God gives us days like this is to be still?  The minutes seem to be in no hurry to tick by on rainy days, and...