I read a quote on Facebook the other day that went something like this: “I go walking in nature because there I feel what I never felt in church.” At first glance, I was tempted to be offended. How can…
New Territory Means New Muscles
We are very intricately made objects. Our bodies work beyond the understanding of even the most brilliant doctors of this world. They can explain things, but even after centuries of studies, they still don’t understand every function of the human…
He Fills the Hungry with Good Things
I’ve been posting quite a bit about how people view the desert as a poor place to be – a place of dryness and unfulfillment; of heat and drought and sorrow. It’s true that the Bible talks about the desert…
Spiritual Killers in the Wilderness
To continue from last week… just because we are in a “desert” or on a “mountaintop” in our spiritual journey doesn’t mean that one or the other is easier or that one is less of an adventure. Everything we do…
Mountains vs. The Desert
Last week, I posted about remembering again how most people think of the desert and the wilderness as places to be avoided, metaphorically speaking. Our songs and sermons focus on getting out of the dry places, or at least…
Defender
Last week I had the opportunity to attend a rather large conference. The worship leaders were world-renowned, and I was excited to worship with them. It was a great experience; and I had a lot of fun as well as…
We Don’t Always Have a Map
I try to prepare for hikes. Before we leave home, I’ll try to have a trail description, a map, if possible, and better yet, to have the necessary maps downloaded on my GPS. But sometimes I forget, or I think…
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…
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,…
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…