“…giving honor unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel.” I Peter 3:7b It’s the season of the year for weddings. Spring is in the air, warmth in the smiling sun; after ‘ages’ of ice and dismal rain. The birds, the creatures of swamp and woods, all creation sings in joy—a picture of the Rainbow […]

The Beacon Lights’ staff asked me for a mother’s answer to the question: “Should mothers work outside the home?” Having abandoned two previous attempts, I’ll try this one last time to answer in such a way as to bring out the principle. I can’t, you can’t, no one can legislate things that pertain to a […]

There it is again, a muffled sound of drums. The sound is lost and re-emerges through the misty half-light. The Catholic sentry stirs uneasily. What is that eerie keening drifting closer on the wind? That shrill, blood stirring wail that couples now with the chant of drums? Can you hear them? Now in the grey […]

Westminster Confession of Faith: (Shorter Catechism) Question 1. What is the chief end of man? Answer 1. Man’s chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy him forever. The sun glistens on the pulsing muscles of the runner. His head thrown back, his arms and legs rising and falling in a strong, steady rhythm, […]