... , centuries of living in darkness, and become open and transparent to the light of God’s love as revealed in Jesus Christ. It isn’t easy, but that is our calling and our challenge. Many people’s favorite children’s story is “The Velveteen Rabbit,” by Margery Williams. It is a children’s story - but vastly more than that. The hero is the Skin Horse. We are told that he had lived longer in the nursery than any of the others. “He was so old that his brown coat was bald in patches and showed ...
... an adult when you reach 13 years of age. The state says you're old enough to drive when you are (depending on your state law) 15 or 16. They say you're old enough to drink alcoholic beverages when you're 21 and to vote when you're 18. Margery Williams gave a classic answer in a book, The Velveteen Rabbit. It is the story of a little boy's nursery. The nursery was full of toy animals. One day a new toy rabbit came to live there. The rabbit wanted to know the secret of becoming real. He asked the ...
