The Functions of Creation

From Dean Ohlman on July 18, 2009

A couple days ago I finished reading a book that I feel is monumental in its significance: The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate by John H. Walton, professor of Old Testament at Wheaton College.  … Continue reading »

When the Last Tree Falls

From Dean Ohlman on July 16, 2009

“Under a spreading chestnut-tree The village smithy stands…” “O no, Dad, not again!” That was my youthful reaction to my dad’s quoting of the one poem he remembered from eighth grade, the last grade he attended as a farm boy … Continue reading »

Philip Yancey On the World Outside

From Dean Ohlman on July 15, 2009

Philip Yancey has always been one of my favorite writers—one who has authored many books that have provided building blocks for my own faith.  The following thoughts by Philip appeared in a recent Christianity Today online article titled “A Whole … Continue reading »

Lo, the Black Raspberry!

From Dean Ohlman on July 9, 2009

Do you know the protecting patron saint of Rubus occidentalis (black raspberry)?  It’s the mosquito!  Or it could be stinging nettle or poison ivy. How do I know that?  Years of experience and lots of itching!  Maybe it’s because the … Continue reading »

Forest Hymn

From Dean Ohlman on July 8, 2009

Among the many things that seem to be lost on much of the modern generation is poetry.  Like so many other losses, this too is a shame—at least the old grand poetry that I was first taught and then myself … Continue reading »