Walking with Him – May 11, 2021
“Aslan! Dear Aslan!” said Lucy, “what is wrong? Can’t you tell us?”“Are you ill, dear Aslan?” asked Susan.“No,” said Aslan. “I am sad and lonely. Lay your hands on my mane so that I can feel you are there and let us walk like that.”And so the girls did what they would never have dared […]
Who Said Anything About Safe? – May 10, 2021
“Aslan is a lion – the Lion, the great Lion.”“Ooh!” said Susan, “I’d thought he was a man. Is he – quite safe? I shall feel rather nervous about meeting a lion.”“That you will, dearie, and no mistake,” said Mrs. Beaver; “if there’s anyone who can appear before Aslan without their knees knocking, they’re either […]
Song of the Builders – May 7, 2021
On a summer morningI sat downon a hillsideto think about God – a worthy pastime.Near me, I sawa single cricket;it was moving the grains of the hillside this way and that way.How great was its energy,how humble its effort.Let us hope it will always be like this,each of us going onin our inexplicable waysbuilding the universe. –Mary […]
Clouds – May 6, 2021
All afternoon, sir, your ambassadors have been turninginto lakes and rivers.At first they were just clouds, like any other.Then they swelled and swirled; then they hung very stillthen they broke open. This is, I suppose,just one of the common miracles,a transformation, not a vision,not an answer, not a proof, but I put itthere, close against my […]