Visual Correction

In the balcony of the Chicago Convention Center: pencil poised,22-year-old eyes focused on an empty screen, I wait for enlightenment.Puzzled, I notice others scribbling notes, and squint at the speaker.Is he, could he, be writing words that I can’t see? The next day, I made an appointment with an optometrist. How much had I missed… Read More

Gentle correction

Godly discipline allows children to please parents. It fits the punishment to the crime. Children come to understand cause and effect, sowing and reaping. Big crime gets a big punishment; little crime receives a little punishment. With abuse, punishment is arbitrary and often unfair, but Godly discipline distinguishes between a mistake and a deliberate sin. Or… Read More