Hell, fire and brimstone

Yesterday I got the following e-mail from my son in law Scott Fowler who leads the Southern Gospel group Legacy five. His son and my grandson, four year old Preston, is an intelligent, strong willed and wonderful boy. His brother Bailey is two years old and often at his brothers mercy. But God is at work in their minds and …

Shakin at the Shack

Okay, I waited way too long to read The Shack. Now it stands as one of the most earthshaking impacts on my life. Right up there with C. S. Lewis and other authors who dared to use imagination to get us to see the grace of God. This just might be the clearest picture of the face and nature of …

Dead Right? Turn Left? or Something Better?

Monday May 5th,USA Today carried an article entitled, ” The Resilient Religious Right.” The article was basically an expose’ of the media’s false perception that the religious right is in it’s last throes of death. This coincided with a recent article in Forbes Magazine entitled, “The return of the Religious left.“ I personally believe the answer lies somewhere beyond the …

All the men

Her name is Jadyn. She is a prayer warrior and she spreads joy everywhere she goes. She won’t let you eat a peanut unless you pray. One day I had to stop her from choking the dog because he started gobbling his food without praying. (Please don’t feel badly toward her. She was choking him in Christian love) She can’t …

Oxygen on the rocks

The day dawned with a gorgeous sunrise as we started up the mountain trail. The sunrise reminded me of why I love Colorado But something was missing. A thousand feet higher, we surrounded by pine and aspen and engulfed in the wonderful aroma that only the high mountain forest offers as a gift. What sweet memories were stirred as we …