Effigy Mounds National Monument, Harpers Ferry, IA Jeremiah 29:13 NIV You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. For over 1000 years, people have been searching for the lost silver of Egil Skallagrímsson. A Viking, born in Iceland, Egil was a warrior, farmer, poet, and berserker. According to…
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…
My dad’s painting purchased in Spain, painted with a knife Proverbs 15:1 NIV A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. “I HATE YOU!” I regretted screaming those words at my mother before the screen door ever closed behind me. I had no reason to be that angry with…
Dan and Mary, McFarland Hereford Farm, 1972 Romans 3:24 GNT But by the free gift of God’s grace all are put right with him through Christ Jesus, who sets them free. Thanks to my mom’s shopping, I had a gift to give my Daddy. Oh! I was so excited for him to receive it! I…
Three Sisters Mountains, Sisters, OR Isaiah 55:8-11 ISV For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. 9 “For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. 10 “For just…
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….
John 20:27 GNT Stop doubting and believe. I have a sticker that reads, “Bigfoot doesn’t believe in you either.” It’s been a long-standing joke in my family to keep your eyes open for Big Foot if we leave our high desert and travel over the mountain passes to the valley. According to a Washington Post…
Yaquina Head Lighthouse, OR 1 John 5:11-12 MSG God gave us eternal life; the life is in his Son. So, whoever has the Son, has life; whoever rejects the Son, rejects life. In the immortal words of the sage theologians, The Bangles…. Say my name Sun shines through the rain A whole life so lonely…
John 9:25 GNT One thing I do know, I was blind, and now I see. Ahhhh…. The feeling of new glasses. That crisp clean vision that you didn’t realize you were missing until you put on those brand-new glasses. My sister tells of putting on her glasses for the very first time as a child,…
Liam the Lizard (aka Gecko) Proverbs 18:24 ESV A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. Liam the Lizard (actually a gecko) came to live at our house at the request of my son. I was impressed by the tiny creature’s abilities, and…
