“It rang again, and John pursed his lips and picked it up, hoping it wasn’t Deidre Hannock. She was a solo-obsessed soprano in their makeshift choir and was always calling with criticisms of the choir director disguised as prayer requests” (Evangellyfish, p. 12).
Having Been Brought Near
“We are not to imitate the triune unity from a distance. We are to imitate it from within” (For a Glory and a Covering, p. 4).
Which Isn’t Half Bad
[Speaking of the first day of fighting at the Battle of Saratoga] “The spirits of the Americans were greatly raised. They had met the best regular troops in the world and had held their own. It was like a high school football team playing Ohio State and being down by only one touchdown at the …
Back and Forth, Up and Down
“So here he was, a day later, playing teeter-totter in his soul, going back and forth about what he ought to do” (Evangellyfish, p. 11).
How They Both Receive All
“A godly marriage occurs when a man and a woman both die to themselves, and are raised to the life that seeks the best interest of the other in all things. This is the only kind of godly marriage there is. And when we give all away in this manner, we discover that we receive …
Dispassionate Science
“It had been twenty-four hours since — as the diplomats would phrase it — the frank exchange of views had taken place. His knuckles were still throbbing gently . . . Chad had stumbled on his way to the door, lurching into Mitchell, and Mitchell had taken that opportunity to unload a punch which connected …
And a Heathen Continent Before Her
“Deep within every wife lurks the heart of a missionary and reformer” (For a Glory and a Covering, p. xix).
An Important Personage
“The Rev. Lester, the recipient of said eye-blackening, was the leading light and chief shaman at a mega-church across town” (Evangellyfish, p. 10).
And Repeated Tries Don’t Help
“Many marriages are in bad shape because people assume that good marriages can somehow be separated from a basic godly demeanor throughout the course of our lives. As long as husbands and wives commit this particular error, the words of life with regard to marriage will just bounce off them — like a ping-pong ball …
Divinity from the Delta
“When asked what his degrees were in, he would say that his undergrad was in philosophy, and he had an MDiv from Westminster, but that everything he did was ‘deeply rooted in the blues.’ Some people didn’t get that either” (Evangellyfish, p. 9).