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Magic Moment

The Magic Moment: The Moment “The Wingfeather Saga” Clicked

July 19, 2022July 19, 2022 Phill Lytle 2 Comments Andrew Peterson, Art, Books, C.S. Lewis, Emotion, Eternity, Hope, Joy, Life, Longing, Love, On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness, Reading, Review, sehnsucht, The Wingfeather Saga, Yearning

The Magic Moment: The precise moment a story becomes something more. Something transcendent and magical.

Sitting in the Backseat

Sitting in the Backseat: A Ride Down Memory Lane

July 1, 2022July 1, 2022 Phill Lytle 2 Comments Childhood, Christian, Dad, Emotion, Faith, Family, Into the Mystery, Joy, Memories, Mom, music, Musical, NEEDTOBREATHE, Parents, Petra, song, Songs, Soul, Summer, The Car, Wonder, Worship, You Are My Rock

How NEEDTOBREATHE’s song, “Sitting in the Backseat” took me back to my childhood and helped me experience those strong emotions all over again.

Considering Ecclesiastes

Definitions of True Love (Considering Ecclesiastes)

June 1, 2022June 1, 2022 Ben Plunkett 1 Comment Ecclesiastes, Good, Joy, Live, Love, Man, Mankind, Men, Sin

The third poem in our series, “Considering Ecclesiastes”.

Hamilton’s “It’s Quiet Uptown” and The Joy of Melancholy Music

May 9, 2022May 9, 2022 Gowdy Cannon 4 Comments Cho Chang, Emotions, Fulfillment, Hamilton, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Hymns, It's Quiet Uptown, J.K. Rowling, Jeremiah, Jesus, Joy, Lament, Melancholy, Musical, Order of the Phoenix, Psalms, Ron Weasley, Sad, Songs, Soul

The Melancholy Aspect Of Hamilton’s “It’s Quite Uptown” Brings Me Joy

easter is over

Easter is Over. Now What?

April 22, 2022May 17, 2022 Phill Lytle 1 Comment Because He Lives, Celebration, Christian Living, Christianity, Church, Death, Easter, Faith, Hope, Jesus, Joy, Life, Light, Mary, Redemption, Resurrection, Sacrifice, Thankful, The Church, The Gospel, Truth, Worship

What do we do now that Easter is over?

Seasons

Family Theology

Seasons of Life: Cultivating Purpose and Joy In Your Later Years

February 16, 2022February 16, 2022 Steve Lytle 2 Comments Autumn, Care, Childhood, Children, Eternity, Fall, Family, Generations, Grandchildren, Grandparents, Health, Honor, Intergenerational, Joy, Life, Live, Love, Memories, Patience, Prayer, Proverbs, Psalms, Remember, Respect, Scripture, Seasons, Serving, Songs, Spring, Summer, The Church, Timothy, Weakness, Winter, Younger

Walking through the seasons of life.

Hosanna

April 10, 2020April 11, 2020 Phill Lytle 3 Comments Faith, grace, Hope, Joy, Life, Light, Loneliness, Lost, Mercy, Salvation, Sin, Suffering

Hosanna in the highest!

Satire Current Events Misc

Unprecedented Celebration Erupts After Hillary Clinton Announces She is Not Running for President

March 5, 2019July 2, 2019 Phill Lytle 0 Comments Hillary Clinton, Joy, Party, Politics

Dreams do come true!

Film The Arts The Five

I Believe I Can Fly! My Five Favorite Flying Scenes

November 2, 2018June 11, 2019 Phill Lytle 2 Comments Flight, Flying, Joy, Movies, Wonder

We take to the skies for today’s Five.

Grieving woman

Literature Misc Theology

The Rough Draft of Solace

May 17, 2017August 19, 2019 Phill Lytle 11 Comments 2 Corinthians, Anger, Aslan, C.S. Lewis, Cancer, Comfort, Doubt, Eustace Clarence Scrubb, Frodo Baggins, Galatians, Grief, Hope, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jill Pole, John, Joy, Lazarus, Martha, Mary, Mount Doom, Pain, Prince Caspian, Psalms, Rejoice, Samwise Gamgee, Sorrow, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, The Silver Chair

Searching for hope in difficult times. (2155 words)

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