Smith Rock Ranch, Terrebonne, OR Hosea 10:12 GNT Plow new ground for yourselves, plant righteousness, and reap the blessings that your devotion to me will produce. It is time for you to turn to me, your Lord, and I will come and pour out blessings upon you. According to Encyclopedia Britannica, “The plow is the…

Psalm 118:24 NLT This is the day the Lord has made.     We will rejoice and be glad in it. One of my favorite times as a teacher was singing, This Is the Day, with the kids first thing in the morning. With the singing and dancing, the clapping and rejoicing, your good mood is…

Horseshoe Bend, Glen Canyon, AZ 2 Chronicles 7:14 GNT If they pray to me and repent and turn away from the evil they have been doing, then I will hear them in heaven, forgive their sins, and make their land prosperous again. One of my favorite Denver, Colorado experiences is a restaurant called Casa Bonita. …

Three Creeks Area, Sisters, OR 2 Corinthians 11:3 CSB But I fear that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your minds may be seduced from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ. On one particular hike with my dogs, we had a run-in with a rattlesnake. One dog pounced into the bush, and…

Willamette National Forest, OR Revelation 3:15-16 CSB I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish that you were cold or hot. So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I am going to spit you out of my mouth. I often hear people say, “Wait five minutes….the weather…