It’s easy to love our friends or the neighbors we don’t see very often. But God wants us to love the people who are right in front of us – our family, etc.
The Sanitized Experience
Many national parks are beginning to give visitors a “sanitized” visitor experience. We must not fall for living a “sanitized” version of the gospel.
To Love Well
Everything God did was done in love because He is, at his very nature, love. With His Spirit within us, we can also be motivated by love.
The Gift of Blessing
“The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn is face toward you and give you peace. So they will put my name on the Israelites,…
Asset or Addiction?
The wilderness can be an asset to us – helping us focus and find peace in God – or it can be an addiction where we live for it rather than God
Recreation Leads to Recreation
The words recreation – relaxing – and recreation – being re-created and renewed – are spelled the same way, in part because relaxing brings renewal.
The Tiniest Details
We tend to think of God as an almighty being. That’s not inaccurate. He created the world, He sees everything that happens, and he is alive and active in world affairs even to this day. (That doesn’t mean that evil…
Understanding Nature via God
I find it interesting – though not surprising – that many of the early conservationists knew God and saw Him in creation. John Muir wrote to a friend, “Aye, my lassie, it is a blessed thing to go free in…
So Very Genuine!
A comment I receive often from new people I meet is, “You’re so genuine.” It’s usually a compliment – they can’t quite believe that what they see is actually who I am. In today’s world, too many people are living…
Authorized Vehicles Only!
The other day, I was walking through a local park when I came to a sign next to a gate. “Authorized Vehicles Only,” said the sign. Without a second thought, I walked around the gate and continued on my hike.…