Everyone’s a Critic (Dogs, Too)

Here’s a bulldog watching one of those unnecessary King Kong remakes. She obviously agrees with me that two tyrannosaurs in the same scene is just too much.

I wonder–can all dogs learn to react to pictures on a TV screen as if the action depicted was… real?

Good thing that never happens with humans.

By Request, ‘I’ll Fly Away’

“Thewhiterabbit” asked for this hymn–and who better to play it for us than our own friends and colleagues, Joshua and Jeremy Swanson?

Click “CC” at the bottom of the picture to get the lyrics.

Unexplained Bombshell Simple Trick… Cat

Sorry if that headline bugged you, but there were having a special on cliches and I just couldn’t pass it up.

Here’s a cat who likes snow–and look at him go! It’s like he got an exemption from the law of gravity. And who knows? Maybe he did.

By Request, ‘He Is Here’

Requested by Erlene–He Is Here, by the Gaither Group with the Eden Strings Quartet. Nice and soothing, just what we need.

Now I’d better go out and clear my car in case we need it tomorrow.

‘To God Be the Glory’

We have no hymn requests this morning, so I have to rely on my own favorites. Well, you can’t go wrong with hymns by Fanny Crosby, like this one–To God Be the Glory, sung by the Apostolic Christian Men’s Group. Background sets by God the Father.

And I look out the window and it’s snowing again…

Cats–Challengers of the Unknown

There’s nothing in a cat’s inborn tool kit to prepare him for some of the weird artifacts that humans insist on bringing into their homes. Bringing in half a mouse, that makes sense. But a treadmill?

Nothing daunted, these two cats explore the potentialities of this machine. There are times when a cat can only rely on experiment and experience.

By Request, ‘His Eye Is on the Sparrow’

Requested by Erlene, His Eye is on the Sparrow. Sung by Selah.

I’ve heard little snatches of this hymn since I was a little boy, and only today have I heard the whole thing and learned what it’s called.

‘He Hideth My Soul’

Let’s start the day with a classic Fanny Crosby hymn from 1890–He Hideth My Soul, sung by Nathan and Lyle with family and friends.

Y’know, we do take hymn requests, and we’re happy to do it: but only a few of you ever ask. Really, it’s the easiest thing in the world–just make your hymn request in a comment anywhere on the blog, and we’ll do the rest.

A Daft Game You Can Play with Your Cat

You don’t have to be serious all the time. Let your cat encourage you to have fun.

Meanwhile, this video is a fantastic display of a cat’s athletic ability. See how he intercepts the ice cubes: guaranteed you can’t do that. Don’t even think of matching your cat’s quick reflexes.

‘I Love to Tell the Story’ (Ernie Ford)

We had this hymn from Alan Jackson a few days ago; let’s hear it now from Tennessee Ernie Ford. An old Sunday school favorite–I Love to Tell the Story.

If you’re new here, let me tell you: we love to post hymns requested by readers. Any and all readers! It’s one of the reasons why we come together here.