Monthly Archives: October 2011

A Facebook friend posted a popular preacher’s link about the power of prayer to change the person who prays.  The idea is not a new one, nor is it particularly profound.  It makes sense that those who spend time talking … Continue reading →

There are people at the fringes of my life who choose not to love me.  In fact, they don’t even want to to like me.  They would prefer I just go away and stay out of their lives completely and … Continue reading →

We visited the Vineyard Church in West Palm Beach this Sunday, and were so warmly welcomed that we felt as though we had been there forever.  There is something wonderful about entering the Father’s house and discovering siblings whom we … Continue reading →

You can never know who that stranger is, until s/he is no longer a stranger.  And, what an adventure it is, to turn that stranger-status into budding friendship based on knowledge. The evening that we arrived at our campground, weary … Continue reading →

We know very little about Enoch, except that he was a man who walked with God.  One day, he simply did not return to his earthly home.  He literally disappeared into the cosmos.  Abby likes to say that, at the … Continue reading →

The Book of Genesis tells us nothing about Abel, son of Adam and Eve, except that he was righteous, obedient, and murdered by his jealous and angry brother.  That does not speak well for obedience and righteousness, in human terms!  … Continue reading →

We are becoming accustomed to our short-term neighbors, those who arrive near the end of the week and remain till Sunday afternoon, enjoying a week end in the wild, with all their modern equipment. We exchange waves, and sometimes brief … Continue reading →

Cain, the murdering son of Adam and Eve, by theological standards is seldom called a saint, but, in the love of God, he was still accepted and protected.  How easy it would have been for him, had he acknowledged his … Continue reading →

The first saints on safari were Adam and Eve.  Whether you believe that they were an originally created pair who are the parents of all of us, or that their story is a myth, shaped to tell a larger story, … Continue reading →

Abby wrote a few days ago about seeking and finding a place that is home.  My last post here was about the temptation to seek a larger space for home.  Now, having evaluated what we need and what we want, … Continue reading →