When I was a small boy, my military minded father insisted on scrubbing me with Lava soap. Lava was a perfect name, because the soap had rocks embedded in it. Lava could remove grease and grime and even skin and bones if you kept scrubbing. It was like sandpaper for humans. HOWEVER! When the scrubbing was over and I rinsed off …
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words and More
Today’s post is one without words. Photographs of scenes that left me speechless. None of the pictures capture the awesome experience of being there, but they still inspire and move me. I leave the mountains today recharged, and excited to join my family and team in Tennessee. I hope these pics in spire you.
Big Enough to Love the Small
Standing here I feel small, yet strengthened by the knowledge I am in the hands of One so majestic. These are the only words that roll through my mind….
Life Lessons Learned Standing Naked in an Icy Mountain Stream?
When my daughters were small our family often went camping. It was important to camp near a crystal-clear stream so we could have a source of drinking water and bathe once in a while. These ice cold streams were fed by mountain top snow fields. Bathing took hours—a few seconds for the actual bath, a few hours working up the …