| “Yukon Gold” Stand and consider the wonders of God. --Job 37:14, 22 |
Fifteen years ago, I began practicing a subsistence lifestyle in Alaska's remote upper Yukon River Valley as a means by which to search out and identify those things that truly mattered in life and those that did not. I streamlined and simplified my existence dramatically in order to experience the truths that would result...
| “Mid-summer Daydream” The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. --Psalm 23:1-3 |
Noted theologian Oswald Chambers once wrote, “A river reaches places that its source never knows of.” I like that statement–and also the spiritual analogy that it implies. What kind of “river” are you? Are people around you refreshed simply by your example even if no words are spoken? Or...
| “Tie-dyed Sunset” The Mighty One, God, the Lord, has spoken, --Psalm 50:1, 2, 6 |
We’ve all heard the familiar expression, “It’s the thought that counts.” Well, never do these words hold more truth than when it comes to one’s own spiritual condition. The roots of spiritual growth and spiritual decay...
| “Hetrunöhtänn” (“Teaching Place”) Oh Lord, how many are Your works! --Job 37:14, 22 |
Not too long ago, a gentleman asked me to share my opinion regarding what it was that I perceived to be the greatest challenge facing today’s Christians. Initially, that seemed to be an overly broad topic to address since the present-day social climate certainly yields much to choose from in the...
 | “The Calm Before The Storm” The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; --Psalm 29:3-4 |
According to the Bible, all men enter this world with a “guilty” verdict: “There is none righteous, not even one...there is none who seeks for God” (Romans 3:10-11), and “He who does not believe has been judged already, because...