New Wine and a Season of Grace
Greetings in the Lord! Have you ever had one of those dreams where you re-live a moment and it's just as intense as the day you experienced it? Me too. In fact, I hadn't even thought of that day in quite a few years--5 to be exact. It was one of those that was better left unremembered anyway... Nevertheless, I recalled in my dream a time 5 years ago when I was directing a kids' summer camp just outside of St. Louis, Missouri. That hot summer was the time the Lord was teaching me about the deceitfully devastating effects the witchcraft found in Harry Potter books had on kids who owned and embraced those books. I witnessed everything from strange, spontaneous, atypical childhood medical conditions to uncontrollable, anti-social behavior to excessive fantasy-play that hindered learning. Then there was the extreme, malicious bullying that even included the casting of spells! I also witnessed how adults were effected: increasing hardness of heart, cruelty, arrogant