Posted by lapn on September 1, 2010
We don’t do it very often anymore, but there was a time when my children were younger when they often asked if we could play a game of “Hide and Seek.” There was just something exciting about finding a place somewhere in the house, or even the yard, to take cover and try to remain hidden from [...]
Posted by lapn on August 26, 2010
When I was young my family moved a lot. And by a lot, I mean A LOT! My father’s job required us to relocate often, so much so, that by the time I got to my freshman year, I had already attended 11 different schools in 3 different states. I remember well the effect that [...]
Posted by lapn on August 13, 2010
Well, that sure sounds like an oxymoron, doesn’t it? How many of us would use the word divine to describe discipline, even remotely? As I think back upon my childhood and the times my parents, especially my father, disciplined me, I wouldn’t consider those scrapbook moments! They typically involved verbal reproof and physical pain in [...]
Posted by lapn on July 13, 2010
Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. Instead, he gave up his divine privileges; he took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being. When he appeared in human form, he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a [...]
Posted by lapn on July 5, 2010
In the late 1960′s, before I was born mind you, there was a popular television series called, “Lost in Space.” It focused on a family, the Robinsons, and was actually an adaptation of the novel Swiss Family Robinson! The plot revolved around the astronaut family setting out to populate Alpha Centauri from an overpopulated Earth. [...]