Month: September 2025

I had the pleasure of hiking in the mountains of Colorado this past weekend. The weather was cool, the foliage was dense and green, there weren’t many bugs, and the environment was serene and peaceful. When my friend and I set off on the trail, our goal was to reach the top and view the…

During Old Testament days, Joshua was dividing the Promised Land amongst the twelve tribes. The tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, Joseph’s sons, felt that they should have more land than they had received to accommodate all of the people in their tribes. So Joshua agreed to extend their territory up into the mountain region. The…

I so rarely have the chance to enjoy a cool evening in August in Texas, so you can imagine how disappointed I was when an unexpected guest showed up. While visiting with a friend on the back deck the other week, a pesky mosquito kept buzzing around making a pest of itself. It didn’t take…

You know how it goes; you’re driving down the road, taking in the scenery when all of the sudden you hear the familiar, computer-generated command… Recalculating! Sometimes we can zone out and ignore the turn-by-turn directions we are receiving, other times we feel we know a better way to go. Either way, the result is…