Finding Jesus in unexpected places
Ratty searching for food in Mole's home. Home. Just one word but one that creates such powerful feelings. Our homes hold such deep and precious memories. For Mole, in the children's classic 'The Wind in the Willows', the desire and longing for his home is so strong that it breaks his heart when he has to ignore its call to him. 'With a wench that tore his very heartstrings he set his face down the road and followed submissively in the track of the Rat, while faint, thin little smells, still dogging his retreating nose, reproached him for his new friendship and his callous forgetfulness.' Dulce Domum, is one of my favourite chapters in the book, and never fails to move me. As it's now December, and the local field mice sing a Christmas carol in this chapter, I felt now was a perfect excuse to share a well loved book of mine with you, dear reader. Looking more deeply into the story behind this well loved classic, I've discovered ho...