Dear Friends: The Lord said: Behold, I send an angel before you to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place that I have prepared. Pay careful attention to him and obey his voice . . . And I will send hornets before you, which shall drive out the Hivites, the
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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
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
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
A Word of Grace – September 26, 2011
Dear Friends: There will be no message next week for Monday, October 3, because of travel. I’ll be on the lookout for new stories to share with you. Father give me my share of the property that will belong to me (Lk 15:12). Father . . . make me like one of your hired men