If you follow current Christian trends, you’ve probably run across the idea that God sees you through the blood of Christ as beautiful, righteous, holy, already approved, and so many more positive attributes. Every one of these claims has a…
If you’ve ever seen photos of Cuyahoga Valley National Park, you’ve probably seen one (or both!) of the two famous waterfalls in the park: Brandywine Falls and Blue Hen Falls. My first and foremost plan when visiting the park for…
Have you ever invited friends over to your home? And when they left, did you see them to their car with your heart singing, because, somehow, they have encouraged not just your mind, but your spirit, as well? There are…
It’s the beginning of 2023! I had so many surprising adventures in 2022; things that I had never dreamed about seriously suddenly sprang into being at unexpected moments. Highlights of the year included visiting two new (to me!) national parks…
Last week, I posted about hiking the Gooseberry Trail, better known as the fastest route between the rim of Island in the Sky to the White Rim Road in Canyonlands National Park. This week, I’d like to take you along…
Yesterday I was thinking about Jonathan, son of King Saul. He’s a remarkable man in that he was the best friend of a man who was slated to usurp his own position of authority. He knew it, and was perfectly…
Every once in a while, a hike that you thought would be nice turns out to be fantastic. That’s how you want it to be, and such was our hike on the Gooseberry Trail and then off-trail to an overlook…
Several weeks ago, I talked about how Jesus paid for our shame in full when He died on the cross. How we as believers think of our sin as paid for, yet we sometimes forget that Christ also paid for…
Back in 2014, I took my first bike trip on the Genesee Valley Greenway. It was a fantastic ride between Mt. Morris and the Brookdale Preserve just south of Rochester, New York. We passed through farmland, crossed plenty of creeks…
I heard a talk the other day about the power of the voice. Not as in, “you can communicate better if you use your voice correctly,” but more down the line of how powerful it is when you speak. The…