Category: Christian Blog

  • The Night Watch

    I broke the crystal on my Apple Watch the other day. I was super-sweaty after a bike ride and took it off to clean it. Walking into the kitchen, as I reached for a towel, the slippery watch fell out of my hand and onto the tile floor below. Murphy’s law was in full effect,…

  • The Delightful Danger of Distraction

    The Delightful Danger of Distraction

    When I was a boy, I spent two weeks every summer on my grandparents southwest Oklahoma farm. It was 160 acres of cotton fields, mesquite trees and sand. There was also a large garden, a tree house and a coop full of chickens. A favorite night time activity of my cousins and mine was to…

  • The New Status Quo -2.0

    One of my favorite blogs is Beauty Beyond Bones, where an effervescent woman named Caralyn tells about her struggle with anorexia and the journey to wholeness. But she writes about so much more! BBB is actually a view through the eyes of a Christian Millennial living in NYC. Around two weeks ago, Caralyn posted about…

  • Publication Schedule and Plans

    After two years of writing this blog, a definite pattern has emerged. I post often in the summer, but slow to a stop once school starts. Once stopped, I don’t resume until the NEXT summer. My plan going forward is to post every Saturday at 6 pm. To keep this going, I am writing and…

  • A Brush With a Bobcat

    You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you. Isaiah 26:3 At twilight this morning, I crossed paths with a bobcat. A medium-sized wildcat native to North America, the bobcat is an elusive and solitary predator. The one I met was about the size of my miniature schnauzer,…

  • What Time is It?

    What Time is It? “My times are in Your hands;” Psalm 31:15a The most accurate clock on earth is the US Atomic Clock in Fort Collins, Colorado, and I have a little clock at home that is connected to it. Using a low frequency wireless transmission, the US Atomic Clock beams it’s super-accurate time signal…