by Ray Rhodes | Dec 3, 2018 | Dancing Puritan
Waiting, Christmas, and Susannah Spurgeon: Guest Post by Selah Ulmer As a child, I remember waiting anxiously for Christmas Day to arrive. As the calendar turned to December, I felt so much anticipation yet was painfully aware of the long days that still separated me...
by Ray Rhodes | Nov 29, 2018 | Dancing Puritan
Remembering C.S. Lewis on the Date of His Birthday Born: November 29, 1898, Belfast, United Kingdom Died: November 22, 1963, Oxford, United Kingdom The Pasture I’m going out to clean the pasture spring; I’ll only stop to rake the leaves away (And wait to...
by Ray Rhodes | Nov 23, 2018 | Dancing Puritan
The human experience is one of constant change. A baby cries and his years pass as swiftly as a deer runs. The infant, once soft and vibrant, ages and wrinkles as the seasons come and go. The old man can scarce remember his previous years as he draws his last breath....
by Ray Rhodes | Nov 15, 2018 | Dancing Puritan
CHRONOLOGICAL SNOBBERY Be killing chronological snobbery or chronological snobbery will be killing you. It is lazy and unloving to be dismissive of a person from the past without consideration of their context. Chronological snobbery is the belief that...
by Ray Rhodes | Nov 9, 2018 | Dancing Puritan
SUSIE’S LIFE WORK Amidst her trials, Susie discovered comfort, delight, and purpose in a ministry that became her “life work.” Yet, there were times that she felt inadequate for her calling due to her severe health challenges. Some days she...
by Ray Rhodes | Nov 8, 2018 | Dancing Puritan
Failure! We all know it too well. The dejected coach after a losing season, the business venture gone bad, working for a company twenty years only to be “let go due to cut backs,” or planning to read the Bible through in a year and getting stuck in...
