Will Snooper be in heaven? -- Getting the chickens out of the rain -- From live oak hardware to heaven -- Independence day of the soul -- Grace in winter -- It takes a church -- Laser surgery for my dim vision -- A theology of mincemeat pie -- Prayer for a broken heart -- Small things, big things, aprons, and heaven -- The beauty of the radiant city of God in the granite gray cities of man -- The case of the fraudulent doughnut -- The death of a TV critic -- Irene Dunne, Neil Postman, and the right use of entertainment -- The embalming of sin -- A delayed salvation -- Biscuits, bacon grease, getting lost, and the voice that leads me home -- Da-deee! -- On the death of Czeslaw Milosz and the hope of all exiles -- The wishbone or the backbone -- This just in : America finally slides over the slippery slope -- Who will stand by the door? -- Hollyhocks, outhouses, and VBS -- The festivity of the poor -- Fragments of flowers for a life of ministry -- Benign neglect and quiet strength -- "You got to believe" -- Old spice, hai karat, and the aroma of God -- Our kingdom or his -- The field of music -- Singing through the shadows -- God, the restorer -- Diamonds for Christmas -- Worshiping someone bigger than Phil ... and ourselves -- The prevailing power of prayer -- Richard Baxter on counseling -- More tales from a locust survivor -- The church militant and the church triumphant -- Michael Medved, mobilization, First Presbyterian Church, and the great balancing act -- Cosmology, theology, and the arrogance of the modern -- Of passion plays and the Word of God -- Family devotions and the Cottars' Saturday night -- Storms blow in so our prayers may go up -- A theology of the honeymooners -- Out of our minds -- Ain't got no kids, baloney! -- Free at last! -- God knows your name -- How Marylu Baxter's cinnamon rolls saved my soul -- Giving our children to God -- Ha erets, the Midwest, and heaven in my soul -- Where did you meet God today?