Posts Tagged With: Christianity
A Word of Grace – October 25, 2011
Dear Friends: The waning crescent moon hangs low over the peaks when Kerry and I reach the trailhead. The headlamps of early hikers spiral up the mountain above us. The earth rotating into the dawn pulls a gentle breeze across the desert from the west. The wind is a good thing because it is already … Continue reading
A Word of Grace – October 17, 2011
Dear Friends: Things are a mess. The very earth is changing. There are earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanoes. Nations are in an uproar of violence, political upheaval, economic crisis, and old regimes are falling. This isn’t CNN. It is Psalm 46. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will … Continue reading
A Word of Grace – October 10, 2011
Dear Friends: There is a rare place on a Southern California sky island where the black oak, locusts, willows and cottonwood trees change color in October. One has to hike in several miles to a secluded valley to find the gold tinged with orange. I have retreated there several fall seasons to deal with personal … Continue reading
All that I Hoped It Would Be and More
Thinking of attending the Southwest Retreat next month? Want to find out more about it? Here’s Curlonda Simm’s article about her experience at the Writers Workshop portion last year. We hope you can join us ! Click here for more information and to register. The C.S. Lewis Writers Workshop at Camp Allen was all that … Continue reading
A Word of Grace – September 6, 2011
Dear Friends: It was breathtaking in June to descend off of the freeway and plunge like a diving submarine into the royal purple sea of jacaranda trees that cover my downtown neighborhood. They are messy trees, carpeting sidewalks and lawns with petals and spraying sticky sap that glazes our vehicles like cheap doughnuts. Now in … Continue reading
