When the phrase “wilderness stories” is mentioned, what images does it conjure in your mind? Perhaps you envision hikers losing their way in dense forests, or campers having a startling encounter with a bear in the dead of night. Maybe your thoughts veer towards the extreme, like the harrowing tale of a rock climber who, …
Category: Life Stories and Turning Points
Real-life moments that shaped your journey—personal stories, cultural snapshots, and reflections that invite readers to pause and see God’s hand.
Wilderness
What comes to mind when you hear the word “wilderness?” Do you think of desert, forest, backwoods? One of the meanings I found describes wilderness as: Wilderness or wildlands (usually in the plural) are natural environments on Earth that have not been significantly modified by human activity, or any nonurbanized land not under extensive agricultural cultivation. You might be an avid hiker and have experienced this environment firsthand. But …
Take a stand – for the country, for the world, for YOU
There is so much DRAMA today in our world and to be fair, there is a lot going on. Prices on just about everything in America are up. Go to the grocery store and see what you really can get for let’s say $100 - $100 worth of spending in the year 2000 would now …
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Wilderness or Desert?
Quick question: would you rather be in the wilderness or the desert? What if you didn't have a choice and life itself; the stresses, work, people, health, hurdles and more, leads you straight to one of them? What if you have been "wandering" for weeks now and you realize that something is really wrong, but …
And Then it Was Over
Christmas 2022 is now in the past. I am not sure how I really feel about this though. Yes, I was not looking forward to this Christmas, but now it is missed in some odd way. Don’t get me wrong, it was a good Christmas, even with the absence of my mom’s laughter and smile. …
Bah – Humbug?
Greeting cards have all been sent. The Christmas rush is throughBut I still have one wish to make. A special one for you. Merry Christmas, darling. We're apart, that's true…. I am not a Karen Carpenter fan, never was. Growing up mom would play her records quite a bit and especially at Christmas time…. Those …
Election Season
Maybe I should entitle this “who will be the biggest bully?” But then, no that wouldn’t be quite fair, after all some of these candidates really believe in themselves. So much so, that they are willing to be rude, forceful, pushy, arrogant, and more. Like this makes them look or sound better? But among people …
Changes
The world is constantly changing. It doesn’t matter where you are in it, it is changing, everything from the weather to people, its all one giant fluid movement of change. Sometimes we have control over what changes, but then other times we do not, such as the loss of a loved one. My dad passed …
We CAN do BETTER
We CAN do BETTER I don’t know about you, but it certainly feels like every day that the world we live in is just getting “worse.” I am not sure if that is an accurate description, “worse,” but every day seems to bring more negative news than the day before. Now I can run through …
Life or Fear
Tick, tick, tick goes the clock. Sand is flowing through an hourglass. Gong, gong, gong goes the grandfather clock! Time, all time, yours and mine is drifting away every day. Not one of us is growing any younger. What are you doing with the time you have been given? Are you living life or living …
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