Journals

January 18, 2020

JOYOUS LOVE OF GOD

Dallas Willard (1935-2013) wrote, “At the center of care for the heart is the love of God. This must be the joyful aim of our […]

January 17, 2020

BUT NOT YET

Saint Augustine (354-430 AD) is said to have prayed, “Lord, take my sin from me—but not yet.” I first read this quote many years ago and have […]

January 16, 2020

WOW!

The term Wow! It is on the Internet and email on a daily basis it seems. Maybe it is taking the place of Awesome, Incredible, […]

January 15, 2020

ZOE LIFE

C.S. Lewis (1898-1963) wrote in ‘Mere Christianity’“An ordinary simple Christian kneels down to say his prayers. He is trying to get into touch with God. […]

January 14, 2020

ON CAMERA

I see more cameras and phones recording events, wars, news, politics, resistance, or whatever than any actual war, bullets, mortars or bombs… or real news […]

January 13, 2020

COME TO HIM

Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) the great Russian novelist wrote, “We are all children of God, and his servants! Do you think that he has no servants […]

January 12, 2020

BEING LOST

I have been physically lost many times in the deepest and dense high country of the Sierra’s on horseback in the cold and rain alone […]

January 11, 2020

FAMOUS FAMILY RECIPE SERIES

RECIPE #20 LULA’S STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE “Lula never did write the recipe down. She just told me how and I watched her make it a 100 […]

January 10, 2020

RESPONSIBLE FOR BELIEVING

Not long ago this word came to me: If we believe in Jesus…we have the responsibility of believing in Jesus.If we do not believe in […]

January 9, 2020

DEEDS COME FIRST

Mary van Balen wrote, “Peter Claver, a 16th century Spaniard, was canonized by the Roman Catholic Church as a saint in 1888, but he is […]