patience

American Soundings

In-flight disciplines

Jul 20, 2012 by Rodney Clapp

Air travel—perhaps paradoxically—tutors us in patience, a practice in short supply in today's world.

Blogging Toward Sunday

Gifts already received

1 Corinthians 1:3-9

Nov 21, 2011 by Christine Chakoian

Patience is not one of my virtues, as those closest to me know. I want answers now, clarity now, unresolved issues settled now, anxiety lifted now.

Features

Pine seed angel

Backyard tidings

Feb 08, 2005 by Gordon Atkinson

When my parents bought their home in Marshall, Texas, in 1984, there were 96 mature trees on their one-acre lot, many of them towering pines that rise 75 feet or more from the ground, covering their house with a peaceful green canopy. These giant pines are beautiful but deadly.