Have you ever been on the coast in the month of December? Most of us avoid it at that time of year. I have often worked in snowstorms on the shore right next to the lake. There is nothing like it. The waves crash and the wind roars and the lake effect snow blows parallel […]
How many of you have ever been on a real horse-drawn sleigh ride? For my family it is one of our favorite outdoor activities when there is snow on the ground. I am afraid that all too often in today’s world we have lost the opportunity and appreciation of a quiet time in the woods […]
What do you see when you look out at the snow-covered ground in the winter months? Does it appear dead to you? A frozen ice cube of inactivity and death? I will admit that, during the month of March, when I am eagerly awaiting the glorious explosion of life in the spring, the winter landscape […]
Have you ever been on the coast in the month of December? Most of us avoid it at that time of year. I have often worked in snowstorms on the shore right next to the lake. There is nothing like it. The waves crash and the wind roars and the lake effect snow blows parallel […]
Winter slays With icy breath The tender living flower. God removes The sting of death All with His gracious power. Winter holds With loyal grip ‘til God commands and waters drip a bud unfolds. Winter serves our all-wise God who made the flower it kills. Death, we know doth serve His plan our […]
Psalm 147:15-19 The cold and snow, The wind that blows, It’s time to go Inside he knows. Then just as soon He’s in the room, He hears the tune Of drums—boom! boom! The ice and hail Hit hard the door, They would assail Him all the more. But safe inside, He sits in peace. […]
NOTE: The following sonnet first appeared in the Covenant Christian High School student paper, The Crier. The eerie echoing wing-song of the geese Spreads south across the cooling cloud-grey skies To tell that winter’s cold white hand shall seize The helpless land and all that therein lies. So, too, the ever-dying trees do print The […]