It's been a while since I've posted here, but I'm happy to be back! After quite a bit of life in between, I am delighted (and somewhat surprised) to say that I am writing books again. I wasn't sure if I would, but here I am. And if you know me at all, you know... Continue Reading →
While this poem by John Gillespie Magee Jr. expresses the high-flying exultation only a pilot can know, I can't help but think this might be what it will feel like on that glorious day when we leave this earth and head to Heaven, our true home: High Flight Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds... Continue Reading →
"What if you're enough, just the way you are?" The subject line of the email startled me. Haunted me for days, if I'm honest. "What if you're enough, just the way you are?" My gut reaction? "What? Of course I'm not enough. And anyway, isn't that kind of a sacrilegious question?" Because I'm supposed to... Continue Reading →
I have long suspected that plants and animals praise their Creator in ways at which we can only guess. Imagine my delight, then, to run across this paraphrase of Psalm 104, in which whales "with finny feet/dance underneath the sailing fleet". I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. On Lebanon His... Continue Reading →
It's back to school time in my neck of the woods. Hooray! I've had a great summer and I'm ready to head back to the classroom. So in the spirit of the new school year, I thought I'd give everyone a little vocabulary lesson that just might give you a whole new outlook on the... Continue Reading →
"Tomorrow's bridge is a dangerous thing; I dare not cross it now. I can see its timbers sway and sing, and its arches reel and bow. O heart, you must hope alway; You must sing and trust and say: 'I'll bear the sorrow that comes tomorrow, But I'll borrow none today.'"¹ An idealistic little... Continue Reading →
Amy K. Rognlie 