Reading Time: 5 minutes I love words. Redeem, discombobulated, aspen, cleave, grace, actually, ravel, revel, truck, maybe, and ubiquitous are a few favorites that …
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Reading Time: 6 minutes In the summer of 1972 I almost cut my hair. Like David Crosby sang, “It was gettin’ kinda long.” At …
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Reading Psalm 20 I noticed this beautiful phrase. “May God remember all your sacrifices and accept your burnt offerings.” As …
Reading Time: 3 minutes This past week I was hunting in the Rockies. Time after time as I hiked the woods, I found myself …
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Reading Time: 4 minutes One of the most memorable mountain bike rides I’ve taken also became a parable about death and new life. Taking …
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Can love change things? We hear the word too often and our troubles continue. And yet. . . . love …
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Reading Time: 5 minutes I’m bewitched by aspen trees. Have been for years. They are complex, moody creatures. Their dark eyes are windows into …
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Courage is not the absence of fear. We’ve all heard this. It’s easy to define things by what they are …
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Reading Time: 4 minutes When I was young, my Uncle Simon was the most spiritual man I knew. He talked about God all the …
The Strange Way I Came to Trust God and How You Can Too Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutes For most of my life I didn’t drink water the way the experts say you’re supposed to. In summer we …
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