FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: Lost in Yellowstone (chapter 31)

CHAPTER 31“The last mile” Home free – almost.Todd and I had made it as far as we did, with the help of tremendous Providence. I am confident we could have made it the last few miles had we not met our ‘guardian ranger’ Ethan, since we had come that far.

OUT TO PASTOR: What’s so cool about a cucumber?

When it comes to vegetables, I am no connoisseur at all. The only vegetable I really like is carrot cake. According to The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage, that is not a vegetable.We often discuss vegetables, and she has brought to me a lot of proof that carrot cake is not a vegetable.

BLOOD COVENANT (part 10)

Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him; He has put Him to grief. When You make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days, And the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand. He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: Lost in Yellowstone (chapter 30)

CHAPTER 30“Eight more miles to Louisville” I noticed something about Ethan as the three of us made our way up the mountain. While Todd went on ahead at times, Ethan never got more than twenty or thirty feet ahead of me.

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.