The Phillips Family

Month: March, 2008

Vivarium Tour 2008

On Friday, I had the rare opportunity to tour a medical research vivarium. What is a vivarium? It is the place where the animals are kept that are undergoing medical research. And I’m not talking about a small glass tank with a few reptiles and snakes. This is an extensive underground complex capable of holding [...]

A Palm Sunday Story

With the arrival of Easter this weekend, I want to share this reading of a story by John Piper. Perhaps you can find a moment in your day, maybe with family or friends, to listen. The Donkey, the Stallion, and the Strategy of the Hills 1 Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came [...]

First day of spring… where have we been?

Sorry to neglect the blog… where have we been all these weeks? Well, enjoying the winter, taking advantage of the mountains and ski season, visiting with friends and family, reading, praying, exercising a little, picking on the mandolin and guitar, enjoying 40-hour work weeks, making quilts, watching seeds sprout, looking at the sky and thinking [...]