God meets us halfway? I grew up being told that God will always be there to meet you halfway. This was a corollary to the expression, “God helps those that help themselves.” For a long time, this was how I understood the tension between works and grace. It wasn’t that God didn’t have grace and
It was a great Christmas for the pin’k’ household. I spent more time with our son than when he was in the NICU. He got one of the much-sought-after T.M.X. dolls, known to the rest of the world as the 10th anniversary edition Tickle Me Elmo. It’s creepy that he laughs at you as you
Thomas Quasthoff is a great baritone singer. My son and I watched him on the ARTS channel this morning. I wasn’t in the room watching the performance at first – I heard beautiful, clearly enunciated singing in a booming baritone. That’s hard to do. Pavarotti was the last one I knew of. When I saw