In the newest Narnia movie, Prince Caspian, there are some incredible battles to be fought between these huge armies of darkness and this little army of Narnia's King, the lion Aslan.
The second of the Narnia movies, Prince Caspian's coming out, and there's a lot of attention again on C. S. Lewis's great books The Chronicles of Narnia. The king in Narnia is this seldom seen but all powerful majestic lion, Aslan. He's really the Christ figure in the story. Now, in Prince Caspian, Peter - who is the oldest of the children who discovered Narnia - is leading his little band of warriors and he's trying to find the enemies who threatened them all. And he passes up this fleeting chance to go with Aslan. The journey really gets to be tough, and he's not finding what he's looking for until he encounters face-to-face that lion king, Aslan. He drops to his knees, and in the book he says, "I am so sorry. I've been leading them wrong ever since we started."
It's really a neat time of year in our yard, because the flowers are blooming. Now, I don't know what they're all called. I have to ask my wife about that, but they really are good for the soul.
When we sold our house of 25 years, my grown sons and I went out to the backyard one last time and we stood reverently on this bare spot in the lawn. That had been home plate where I taught them how to play baseball. I gave them the basics like how to hit ... you know, keep your eye on the ball. Oh, and the important one: wait for it to come to you. Now I found out that rule is not just for baseball. It's important for a life that matters, and that's what God wants you to have.
Our two-year-old grandson really loves driving the car. Well, no, I mean pretending to drive the car. He just grabs the wheel; he turns it back and forth and laughs out loud. Now, we all know he might like to drive, but he really shouldn’t.
