OUT TO PASTOR: Wherever they are, I will find them

Recently, The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage and her spouse took a short vacation that was long overdue. Vacations are very hard to organize and schedule when you have a busy life. But, thanks to the ingenuity of my wife, we were able to plan out a vacation.

BLOOD COVENANT (part 9)

Then to Adam He said, “Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’: “Cursed is the ground for your sake; In toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: Lost in Yellowstone (chapter 29)

CHAPTER 29“An angel in a different form.” We don’t know much about angels, really. The idea of ‘guardian angels’ goes beyond what our mind can perceive. For some, I guess it’s easier to discount them than to believe in them.

OUT TO PASTOR: It was a Murphy’s Law kind of week

I am not what you would call a superstitious person. I am a realist in a modified definition of that word and I usually take things as they come.My past week, however, was an open commentary on “Murphy’s Law.

Blood Covenant (part 8)

When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that instead an uproar was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “It is your responsibility!” All the people answered, “His blood is on us and on our children!

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: Lost in Yellowstone (chapter 28)

CHAPTER 28“10 1/2 miles from the end.” After crossing that cold, knee-high river that morning, I immediately entered into a deep, dark wilderness that was more like bear country than perhaps any we had been in. The early-morning hour, with a thick fog hanging in the trees, made it more so.

OUT TO PASTOR: Mr. Cold, please go away

The older I get, the more allergic I am to cold. So whenever the temperature dips below my age number, that is too cold for me.I know some people relish the cold; that person is not me.There are some things that I enjoy being cold. I like my iced tea to be very cold, making it rather delicious.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: LOST IN YELLOWSTONE (CHAPTER 27)

CHAPTER 27“The last river.” (Part 2) We were about to end our night of visiting around the campsite when we saw clouds gathering and darkening as a storm started blowing in.

OUT TO PASTOR: WHAT DID SHE JUST SAY?

To be honest, I don’t always hear what I’m supposed to hear. I do have ears, but sometimes they are not working in such a way as to benefit me.

BLOOD COVENANT (PART 7)

Coming out, He went to the Mount of Olives, as He was accustomed, and His disciples also followed Him. When He came to the place, He said to them, “Pray that you may not enter into temptation.