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This is the season of trying our best. Today I had help digging out a few layers in my garage to find the snow tires. Now I cannot get my car into that space until the bi-annual shuffle completes. It is an ordinary garage but impossibly narrow for one car. I’m trying my best. Next…

The Bible talks about God restoring what the locusts have stolen in Joel 2:25 where the Lord promises to “restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten”. The locusts are often interpreted to represent judgment for the sin that besets us and leads to loss. The restoration is for those who have repented….

I just returned from Greece. I had never been there and what a privilege to view the many ruins, monasteries, and dig-sites. Now that the jet lag is behind me I am wondering, in amazement, how did the ruins get ruined? All fall down? Did people stop caring and giving care to those buildings? They…

Today I read the end of Genesis with the account of the colorful life of Joseph. He knew people and had experienced what we all experience – betrayal. What God did in his life was remarkable. I noticed something I have never seen before concerning his brother’s assignment to bring their Father and household to…

This title could be perceived as a shopping trip and I am comparing prices but it isn’t. What I really wanted to write is ‘How much loss is enough’? I just took this photo of what the final destination is for the leaves from a tree near me. The leaves begin with hope and beauty…

I will need to renew my passport in 2026. As I packed it away this week I was curious. How many stamps – thirteen. I’ve only had one destination on a bucket list, Florence, Italy, and I made it in 2023. My travel has been to serve. I’ve been surprised by these destinations and the…

This morning I was praying for people who (I believe) do not have salvation. That sounds judgy but some are self-proclaimed adverse to the gospel and others I hear words but those lives are just as uncertain as the last group. I’ve started calling people ‘followers of Jesus’ vs believers. That is wrong. I learned…

I like to say that to people – Go with God. I met a couple on a flight and hoped to connect enough for a gospel conversation. The alcohol flowed. It became less interesting. I did not say, “Go with God”. We discussed many things but God is sober and sobering. That is also why…

I have no idea what this means but it is the slogan for Alaska Air. It was a good flight – much better than the connecting flight – so maybe I did get more of something. But consider the word. More can be frightful if it is more struggle, heartbreak, ants, illness, bad weather, and…

I read a fascinating Epoch Times article on Mark Twain where he gives advice on growing old. The first thing I recommend is a forced period of rest and introspection. That would be fasting. Less seems more the older I get. Twain had other ideas. His eating habits were coffee and bread at 8:00 AM…