FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: Lost in Yellowstone (Chapter 16)

CHAPTER 16“Cliffhanger.” (Part 1) One of the things I’ve thought of so much from this side of this journey is the wonder (for lack of a better word) in the process of trying to absorb as much of the experience as possible.I mean that for me, not just for you.

OUT TO PASTOR: My body, my swat

Usually, I am not easily offended, nor do I easily lose my temper. I did lose my temper when I was six years old but have not been able to find it since.Many people are ticked off by some minor little thing it really does not amount to much.

ON THE JOB TRAINING (part 31)

“Sell what you have and give alms; provide yourselves money bags which do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches nor moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: Lost in Yellowstone (chapter 15)

CHAPTER 15“The River, the Lord, and me.” (Part 2) This Thursday morning would be one I will never forget.Soon after Todd got up and around, I made the trek down to the Snake River to wash my face, brush my teeth, and re-fill our water bottles.

OUT TO PASTOR: I can never, ever have too much ice cream

It was one of those hectic weeks that flew by, and I didn’t know it until the end of the week.Friday night at supper time, it was one of those sneaky crashes. But, unfortunately, all the energy during the week had been pushing both of us forward, and we had no options but to keep plowing ahead.

ON THE JOB TRAINING (part 30)

Then He said to His disciples, “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; nor about the body, what you will put on. Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: Lost in Yellowstone (chapter 14)

CHAPTER 14“The River, the Lord, and me.” (Part 1) I have stood out on the rim of the Grand Canyon looking out over that broad expanse in amazement and wonder.

OUT TO PASTOR: I didn’t do it my way

I don’t think I’ve learned very much during my life. I just bounce from day to day and take what comes.The one thing I did learn as I look back is, for the most part, I didn’t do it my way.Remember Frank Sinatra and his song, “I Did It My Way?

ON THE JOB TRAINING (part 29)

Then He spoke a parable to them, saying: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded plentifully. And he thought within himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, since I have no room to store my crops?

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: Lost in Yellowstone (Chapter 13)

CHAPTER 13“What the note did not say.” No one could say with certainty what it was that Todd saw. One might say it was just a hiker on the trail. Another? It had to be an angel. What I do know is that Todd himself did not know.He had hiked up the river all morning, leaving me well behind him.