The Peak of Inspiration

For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?  1 Cor. 14:8 Like a lot of others, my interest in the Titanic disaster has been triggered again, mostly due to the tragedy of the submersible that attempted to reach the wreck a few weeks ago.  In reading and researching…

I awoke last night at about 2 am.  That, in and of itself, isn’t so noteworthy.  The reason I woke up is.  The sound of rain on the roof.  We live in a desert.  This is not a common occurrence for us.  As I lay there trying to process what I was hearing, another sound…

I found a soft spot in my heart this morning.  I can’t tell you what lead me to it, or what started the train of thoughts that caused me to ponder the late evening of January 27, 2022.  I did discover that the spot was still very tender.  Maybe always will be.  I tested it,…

…but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape… 1 Cor. 10:13 In the early 2000’s, a.k.a. a long time ago, I worked on a framing crew building houses in a nearby mountain town.  We were…

And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail.  And David girded up his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it.  And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with…

I grew up on the plains, a dozen or so miles from a dry riverbed.  I don’t know when the river in this story stopped flowing.  But it had been long enough that a lot, if not most, of the trees that grew on the banks had stopped living.  Rivers provide life.  When the river…

I’ve known for quite a while that I wanted to write something with this title, and truth be told, most of this was written months ago.  I’ve felt a little helpless as I’ve thought about trying to describe what I felt, and witnessed, for the first 40 years of my life.  I know what I…

In memory of a man, a road worker.  February 24, 1953 – January 28, 2022  There may be a number of people who enjoy road construction, but that number is very small.  That doesn’t mean that there aren’t times and situations that we don’t think the roads need work.  Quite the opposite.  We frequently can…

Ebb and Flow  –  a recurrent or rhythmical pattern of coming and going or decline and regrowth. I’ve spent a fair amount of energy through the various stages and phases of my life trying to reach a plane.  Ideally, this plane would trend slightly upward.  Never too steep to exhaust me, but always taking me…