That scrumptious Sunday dinner was beginning to wind down. My brother and I ate rapidly because our afternoon was just getting started. We were headed for the hills—okay, how about the “woods.” That’s what we called it when we went to the mountains east of our little town. And we were on a mission! Well, [...]
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A DECEMBER SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Posted in Church, Family, Outdoors on December 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
HUCKLEBERRIES AND THE CREATOR
Posted in Hope, Outdoors, Spiritual on November 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here in the Pacific Northwest we know about huckleberries, don’t we? They are those little, scrumptious, dark blue tongue-tantalizers which some people have a seemingly insatiable appetite for. If we happen to be out in the mountains when the huckleberries are “on,“ we may find ourselves stopping to pick them straight off the bush and [...]
THE “BIG BANG” THEORY IS PROVEN TRUE!
Posted in Humor, Outdoors, Spiritual on November 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Crrrraaaaccck! My head jerked up off the pillow and my eyes snapped open as the tiny, glassed-in room was suddenly filled with a blinding light and an ear-shattering explosion of sound, followed by a deep rumble that lasted for several long seconds. Moments later, my heartbeat barely beginning to slow, it happened again. By now [...]
GIDAP!
Posted in Direction in life, Humor, Outdoors on November 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Psalm 119:105 “Gidap! Hey, you! Gidap!” That is what you are supposed to say to get a horse moving, isn’t it? But this old brown mare did not seem to understand the same kind of language I had heard cowboys in old black and white western movies use as I was growing up. This horse [...]
THE TRAIL IS MARKED WELL
Posted in Direction in life, Outdoors, Spiritual on October 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Proverbs 3:5-6 “Where are you headed?” the husky, bearded man asked as we stood gazing out over the magnificent vista all about us. We were on a small promontory which allowed us to view the rugged mountainous country surrounding us. This time of year, late summer, there were only a few spots where snow still [...]
KEEP THE GLORY DOWN
Posted in Outdoors, Spiritual on October 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
1 Chronicles 29:11 I was still struggling up that steep, narrow and rocky trail. I finally realized that I was nearing the top of this high, rocky ridge. The realization seemed to infuse me with a new burst of energy and my pace quickened ever so slightly. I wanted to see what was over the [...]
THE TRAIL IS MARKED WELL
Posted in Direction in life, Outdoors on February 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Where are you headed?” the husky, bearded man asked as we stood gazing out over the magnificent vista all around us. We were standing on a small promontory which allowed us to view the rugged mountainous country all around us. This time of year, late summer, there were only a few spots where snow still [...]
SILENCE
Posted in Direction in life, Outdoors, Spiritual on November 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
SILENCE I was seated out on the back deck of our home, early in the summer, having a real difficult time concentrating on things related to all the work that I needed to get done. I wasn’t being too successful. I have learned over the years that for me to be most effective in getting [...]
I was seated on a narrow walkway outside the small, 14 x 14 foot room that was the limited space inside the window enclosed fire lookout tower. The sun had finally descended below the horizon to the west and I was now staring into the distance to the east, watching the cloaks of darkness settle [...]
CREATION? OUTSTANDING! NO. AWESOME!
Posted in Outdoors, Spiritual on July 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There is nothing, for me at least, that can match the experience of being out in the rugged mountains of the Pacific Northwest enjoying the utter and absolute magnificance of God’s created world all about me. Far away from nearly anything man-made, it provides me with the opportunity to remember how powerful and awesome, how [...]
