Fear is the direct result of mistrust. Maybe we don’t trust a person. Maybe we don’t trust ourselves. Maybe we don’t trust that all things really do work together for good. Whatever the reason, the fear comes because we aren’t…
When I visit Lava Beds National Monument, it’s so that I can spend a day of exploring caves. These are not the spectacular, stalactite/stalagmite and cave formation type of caves – they’re lava tubes, left over from when molten lava…
Holiness has gotten a bit of a bad rap in the church in recent generations. That’s mostly because it’s been misrepresented. Growing up, whenever someone talked about holiness, they usually meant the “Pentecostal-Holiness” version of the word: In other words,…
Hike off-trail through Salt Creek to Clover Canyon in Arches National Park, Utah
“Isabelle would think of me in the present tense [I thought]. She was incorrigible when it came to hope.” It’s a line from the book I’m currently editing (shared with permission). The narrator is “presumed dead,” but she knows her…
Explore Genoga Glen, the first half of the Falls Trail Loop in Ricketts Glen State Park, and its multiple waterfalls
If we want to see God come in power, we need to take responsibility. It’s not that God can’t come if we “flunk out” on the responsibility side of things, but taking responsibility for ourselves and our experiences gives us…
It’s finally here!! People often ask me, “What do you pack when you go on one of your cross-continent adventures?” Sometimes I can share with them the list that I use. But it’s a little bit outdated. So I’ve put…
Humility is a difficult trait to pin down. Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary defines it as, “freedom from pride or arrogance: the quality or state of being humble.” In some ways, the definition is useful in that it tells us what humility is…
There are two roads that access the area generally called the Maze District of Canyonlands: The Hans Flat Road, from UT-24 to the Hans Flat Ranger Station, and the Waterhole Flat Road, from US-95 near Hite to… well, to the…