2 X 4 Listening

It grieved me to hear that Sharon wasn’t returning to school this year. I soon was talking to my friends in the dorm about the sad situation. Soon we trotted over to the women’s dorm to discuss the bad decision Sharon had made. Soon I had everyone in an uproar. It wasn’t until I spotted... Continue Reading →

Of Tires, Ticks, and Trust

Interstate 5, at night, is one of the darkest, loneliest roads, especially back in 1980. It feels like there are no services open for 200 miles. We were moving from Southern California to the Bay Area. I was driving with the first heavy load in the trailer while my wife stayed home with our child.... Continue Reading →

Funeral and Poison Oak

We stood on the beach of the island and wondered how we were going to get to the top. One brother chose a route that started easy but became almost impossible. Another brother went up the steady slope. I followed my sister’s fiancee and my sister followed me up a very steep slope to half... Continue Reading →

Like 40 days in the desert.

It was the weirdest hitchhiking trip ever. Was I on the right path? When I entered the Central Valley, I got another ride, but when my exit came, he got out of the car also, as I retrieved my backpack. “May I smell your feet?” “No” “Would you kick me?” “No” “Can we have sex?”... Continue Reading →

The Power of Faith – by Douglas

We have amazing power available to us.  The power that raised Jesus from the dead is supposed to reside in us.  Do you trust God that is is there?  There are problems.  We artificially fake it, We quench it, and we want it to be an ego boosting power.  Once we learn to walk in... Continue Reading →

What is Faith of “The Walk by Faith” – by Douglas

When we trust God, we have such peace.  Imagine sitting in jail, but filled with love for the other men, and so concerned with their spiritual walk that your thoughts about your own predicament almost vanish.  We can only have such a walk when we have put our needs in God's hands and trust Him... Continue Reading →

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