I feel life is so small unless it has windows into other worlds.- Bertrand Russell

"Windows On The World" is the name of a classy restaurant atop the World Trade Tower in New York. It has tall panels of windows, and it is one of the best places - especially around sunset - to see what the Apple looks like from 60 or 70 stories up.

"Windows" is also a metaphor in preaching that describes the role illustrations play in making sermons concrete, powerful, and memorable. They let the light in. Through them we are able to see what is happening inside. Who lives there. How the furniture is arranged. Where the kitchen is, the play room, where to sleep when you are tired.

Balboa Island is accessible from Newport Beach, California, by only one two-lane bridge. Entirely surrounded by the pacific waters …