ON THE JOB TRAINING (part 33)

“When you give a dinner or a supper, do not ask your friends, your brothers, your relatives, nor rich neighbors, lest they also invite you back, and you be repaid. But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: Lost in Yellowstone (chapter 17)

CHAPTER 17“Cliffhanger” (Part 2) The roughly scribbled note also gives us a solid timeline for the events of this Thursday, as this day was one of the most eventful days of the entire journey.

OUT TO PASTOR: I was just thinking, or was I really thinking?

Thinking has not really been my strong suit. Not that I don’t do some kind of thinking, but my thinking never gets me ahead of anything or anyone.When it comes to thinking, the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage is way ahead of me. She’s always thinking about 17 days ahead of me.

ON THE JOB TRAINING (part 32)

And behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bent over and could in no way raise herself up. But when Jesus saw her,  He called her to Him and said to her, “Woman, you are loosed from your infirmity.

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.