One of our favorite family photographs shows our—at the time—five children playing dress-up and hanging out in the small, plastic toy house in the back yard. It was taken by a professional photographer for an article that appeared in a popular parenting magazine which focused on large families (sadly, that picture didn’t make the final
Would you or Susan write about the appropriate way to pray before meals? I’ve heard two different views. One view indicates that we shouldn’t “ask” for our food to be blessed, as God already said, as His people, He will bless our bread and water. Instead, we should simply bless & thank Him, as our
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During the past year or so, despite difficult economic conditions, some companies have reported excellent earnings. Upon reading their reports it becomes clear that many of them achieved this without increasing sales revenues. Instead, rigid cost discipline allowed these firms to post profits. Many families have followed a similar culture of frugality. They are enduring
There we were, Mrs. Lapin and I, breakfasting with friends on a rooftop patio overlooking the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem. One of our breakfast companions is well connected with Israel’s high tech community and I immediately resolved to share with you what he disclosed to me. But first, by way of introduction, I must ask
Have you ever been in an audience listening to a speech that never ends? It is an even more ghastly experience for the speaker who plainly wants to finish but just doesn’t seem to be able to wrap it up. The sweat beads on his brow, his eyes dart around frantically seeking a savior, his
