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A Song for Watching Rainbows 31 Jul 2013 | 01:07 am
Last night, Joy and I headed up to the Denver airport to fetch our siblings home for a week of celebration. We left just as a storm lumbered east over the plains. The sun peeked over the mountains and...
The Sun is Still Shining 26 Jul 2013 | 02:39 am
“I’ve been thinking of a story from the Old Testament: Moses stood all day and all night with outstretched arms, praying to God for victory. And whenever he let down his arms, the enemy prevailed over...
Couldn’t keep it to myself… 16 Jul 2013 | 08:55 pm
I listened to this piece as I raced the dawn down the mountains on an early morning errand. I share it because its a glory. I also share it because I just had a lively conversation with a new friend a...
Travels with John 16 Jul 2013 | 01:05 am
I am reading straight back through the Gospel of John early in the morning these days. It’s my second time this summer. I finished it once and paged right back to the start and savored the opening aga...
I Shall 8 Jul 2013 | 10:35 am
Someday, when I am ready to rest from adventuring, I shall live in a cabin next to a stream. Like this one. Mountains shall ring it with quiet, starlight guard it, and the wind freely wander through t...
Here in Manitou 29 Jun 2013 | 03:14 am
We are having that rare (oh please Lord, keep it rare) phenomena in Colorado of awful, just awful heat. I’m either going to fall asleep in sheer over-heated misery or write a blog post, so cheers! Her...
Names for a “Knowing” 3 Jun 2013 | 11:14 pm
I’m brooding on a book idea today and I need your input. I’m supposed to be organizing my life and packing for the summer, but in my head, I’m composing the opening chapters to a book about the truth ...
God Gives His Own Words Meaning 31 May 2013 | 04:13 am
Even after all these years of loving God, I still sometimes stumble over His words. Two left spiritual feet and all that. I’m better than I used to be. I went through a phase in my life when I almost ...
My Summer (and then some) Reading List 16 May 2013 | 06:00 am
“Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?” -Henry Ward Beecher I prove this quotation true at the start of just about every season. I simply cannot enter a fresh spate of months without a st...
To Sally, the Valiant (and Beloved) 13 May 2013 | 12:44 pm
Dear Mom, We just don’t seem able to manage a Mother’s Day together, do we? Well. In your absence and decidedly in your honor, I have a story to tell. Perhaps you’ll think it an odd one for a tribute ...
