I live in a gorgeous place. God’s creation takes my breath away! I wanted to share some of those vistas with you. This is my version of the beautiful Mt. Jefferson.


I live in a gorgeous place. God’s creation takes my breath away! I wanted to share some of those vistas with you. This is my version of the beautiful Mt. Jefferson.


Hawkeye Buffalo Ranch, Fredericksburg, IA Philippians 2:3-4, “Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.” Sing a Song of SixpenceA Pocket Full of RyeFour and Twenty BlackbirdsBaked in a…
St. Anthony of Padua Chapel, Festina, Iowa Zechariah 4:10 NLT Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin, to see the plumb line in Zerubbabel’s hand. The little town of Festina in Northeast Iowa, has a big claim to fame – even though it is small. St. Anthony…
Haggai 1:7 TLB “Think it over,” says the Lord Almighty. “Consider how you have acted and what has happened as a result!” In my former classroom as a teacher, we had a “Ssshhhh” chair. Not a time out, not punishment, but a place to sit for a few moments and ssshhhhh. This gave the little…
Judges 16: 20 He did not know that the Lord had left him. Judges 16: 28 Then Samson prayed, Sovereign Lord, please remember me; please, God, give me my strength. Samson was supernaturally strong. Although he knew he had been dedicated to the Lord, he began to believe the strength was his and the feats…
Matthew 10:29 NIV Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care. My brother, his wife, my sister, and I took our Dad on a genealogy road trip. Traveling with your adult siblings might not be on everyone’s bucket list, but we…
Petroglyphs at the Petrified Forest National Park, AZ Luke 19:39-40 ISV Some of the Pharisees in the crowd told Jesus, “Teacher, tell your disciples to be quiet.” He replied, “I tell you, if they were quiet, the stones would cry out!” There are tens of thousands of petroglyphs at the Petrified Forest National Park, AZ….