Prayer Like Summer Rain

Byron LeavittReligion, Worldview 2 Comments

I would like to start this post out with a confession. I have read (or tried to read) many, many books on prayer. I have listened to many, many sermons on prayer. And for some reason most of them have, at some point, rubbed me the wrong way. I don’t know exactly what the problem is. I don’t know why …

There is Peace

Byron LeavittDarkness, Light, Religion 1 Comment

The little boat flailed as thunder cracked the skies and lightning electrified the raindrops.  The waves thrashed and writhed like children on a temper tantrum as panic crawled down the throats of the boat’s crew and gripped their guts.  Turning to their master, the bedraggled crew cried out, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” Why did they have to yell at …

St. Patrick’s Day: More than an Excuse for Guinness

Byron LeavittHistory, Religion Leave a Comment

The invaders had ransacked their way through the village, and now they were just outside.  The family scrambled to escape, but the time for that had long since passed.  The marauders shattered the front door into a cloud of splinters.  The teenager’s mother screamed, pressing as far into the corner as her body would allow.  The boy barreled towards the …