I love the scenery of Yosemite: Towering waterfalls, towering trees, sheer cliffs, rocky domes, and the peaks of the High Sierras. It’s a view junkie’s paradise. But I don’t like the crowds. There’s no place to park, no…
Experience Brings Us Closer
As we traipse across America on our cross-continent adventures, we find a wide variety of scenery. There is the Midwest with its green farmland. There are the Great Plains, nearly flat for as far as the eye can see, waving…
Point Arena Lighthouse Overlook
I’ll admit it, I didn’t pay to see the Point Arena Lighthouse. I’m sure it cool, but I didn’t feel like shelling out $25 (or $7.50/person) to drive in, walk around, maybe climb the tower, and leave. It wasn’t worth…
God is Constant
I wrote last week about how the variety we see in scenery shows us the infinite mind of the Creator of the universe. Because we have the mind of Christ (1 Corinthians 2:16) we have access to His infinite creativity,…
Driving (Part of) the Whitmore Trail
I read about a 2 mile trail – round trip – to the bottom of the Grand Canyon. The pictures were epic. The trail didn’t even look that steep. The only thing standing between me and the trail was a…
Infinite Creativity with Mind of Christ
One of the great things about living in a country as large and as varied as America is that I have access to so many different landscapes. There are low mountains – I’d call those hills – tall peaks, rocky…
Rest is Hope
The past few weeks I’ve been talking about finding rest and quietness for our hearts in the wilderness, then sustaining that rest and quietness once we return to our normal lives. The Israelites were in the wilderness, but they did…
Yosemite’s Bridal Veil Falls in Midsummer
One of the great things about Bridal Veil Falls in Yosemite is that it flows all year (unlike Yosemite Falls, which turns into Yosemite Fell about the middle of July or early August). Another great thing about Bridal Veil Falls…
Pueblos, Lizards, and More on the Pueblo Alto Loop
There are members of my group who have wanted to hike the Pueblo Alto Loop for about 23 years. That was when they saw a photo of Pueblo Bonito on the cover of their AAA road map and decided to…
Rest in the Wilderness
As I talked about last week, part of the reason God brings us into the wilderness is to help us still our hearts of all the distractions around us. There is a beauty in a still heart to God. Peter…