Hope, the Fighter May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. ––Romans 15:13 Musical artist and iconoclast Nick Cave understands tragedy. In 2015 his 15-year-old son, Arthur, fell to his death […]
True North Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. ––Isaiah 43:19, ESV Anyone who gets serious about hiking, hunting, or backpacking soon discovers that reading a compass is not as simple you […]
Victim? We are hard pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed. ––2 Corinthians 4:8-9 I know guys who get stuck at “why is this happening to me?” and never get past it. You are only going to be truly and […]
Lost Off Trail I am the Lord, your Holy One The Creator of Israel, your King, who makes a way through the sea and a path through the mighty waters. –Isaiah 43:15-16, NKJV GPS maps have revolutionized hiking and backpacking. Gone are the days when you had to know how to properly read a map […]
Hush Until You Heal Cast your burden on the Lord, And He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved. ––Psalm 55:22, NKJV It was the end of a long day at the end of a long week. I poured myself into my car after several long, intense meetings, and managed to […]
Willing the Good of the Other Go after a life of love as if your life depended on it—because it does. Give yourselves to the gifts God gives you. Most of all, try to proclaim his truth. If you praise him in the private language of tongues, God understands you but no one else […]
Quiet Confidence The Lord your God in your midst, The Mighty One, will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing. ––Zephaniah 3:17 NKJV Everyone seems to have an opinion, and the volume at which those opinions are being shared seems to be increasing. Talk to […]
A Far Better Thing Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. ––John 15:13 One of my favorite stories—whether in book or movie form—is Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities. It’s a powerful story of redemption and sacrifice set during the perilous days of the French Revolution. […]
Garbage Disposal Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. ––Philippians 4:8 A Barna survey showed that of Christian men ages 31 to 49, 77 percent looked at pornography while at work […]
Neither Present Nor Future For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. ––Romans 8:38-39 Have […]
