TAKING A BREAK

For the next 10 days, Jan and I will be taking a break from our social media accounts. For us, this is a time to prepare for what the Lord is doing and be ready to enter the fall season with fresh understanding. To all of you in social media land, take care and be...

A MESSAGE FROM A HUMMINGBIRD

Each morning, as I water the plants in our front yard, a little hummingbird comes and sits on a wire that runs atop our Rose of Sharon tree. Its appearance is like clockwork. The hummingbird even sat patiently for me while I went inside our home to retrieve my phone...
THE GARDEN OF GOD’S PRESENCE

THE GARDEN OF GOD’S PRESENCE

Last spring, Jan and I said goodbye to our front lawn. We gave away our lawn mower and replaced the lawn with a small orchard of fruit trees, vegetables, and spices, along with other plants that complement the growth and health of the surrounding plants and trees....

REHEARSING DOOM

I must admit something. There are times when a negative issue seems out of my control in my mind and thoughts of doom and dread fill my thinking, that I begin rehearsing negative outcomes. Perhaps this is enhanced in me because for the years I spent as a cop, I...