Good-bye, Bart

My dear friend, Bart Phillips, went home to be with the Lord last night. He leaves a sweet wife, Suzi, and three boys.
He was only 41.
He went to sleep and then just went home.
Bart and I had travelled together, primarily for Truth Project events. Having a conversation with him always left you feeling good. He [...]

Open for Business Again

Sorry for the problems we have been having with the blog site.
We just completed moving the blog to a dedicated server. Hopefully, that will “serve” us all better!
I am sorry to say, though, that we lost some stuff in the process. There were a number who posted wonderful comments to the “Keeping the [...]

It was a Dark and Stormy Night…

“What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!” Matthew 8:27
Few things evoke a picture of fear more than the “dark and stormy night”.

Darkness, of course is one of the main ingredients, because we fear the unknown more than anything. Darkness veils reality leaving our imaginations to dream up monsters [...]

When God Steals the Fireworks Show

The heavens declare the glory of God;
the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
Psalm 19:1
I hope you all had a very wonderful 4th of July and celebrated the privilege we have to live in this wonderful country. With all of her faults and current travails, she is still awesome to me.
We gathered most of our [...]

When Your Script Gets Trashed

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. Matthew 6:34
One of the most persistent sins of mankind is the deeply held truth that we need to get our own way.
Often times we have a pretty clear script of how things are supposed [...]

What Guides You? Trusting the Right Cairns

On several of our hikes in Utah, there were no “trails” as you might think of “trails”—worn paths in the grass or through the woods. Most of the time the “trail” was over solid rock beds or similar terrain where there was no clear pathway.
We stayed on the trail by following the cairns (pronounced ‘cairns’). [...]

Clinging to That Which is Dear…but Not Always

I’ve thought often about the fact that we each have an invisible clock on our chest. It’s like a basketball clock and it is counting down. When it gets to zero, our life is over.
Except for those who are terminally ill, most of us don’t know what time is left on our clocks. For a [...]

Shaky Foundations

“But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds of the air, and they will tell you; or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish of the sea inform you. Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?” [...]

Keeping the Unseen Goal in Mind

“Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” Hebrews 11:1

On Friday, we hiked the 3-mile “Delicate Arch” trail. It took us over chert (a hard, shiny rock that the Native Americans fashioned into tools and weapons), very large open areas of “slickrock” and along a ledge that hugged [...]

Out of Destruction, Beauty Immeasurable!

“Know this first of all, that in the last days mockers will come with their mocking, following after their own lusts, and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all continues just as it was from the beginning of creation.” For when they maintain this, it escapes [...]