Blooming in the Ugly
The amazing thing about wildflowers is that they come amidst all of the ugly forest rubble of early spring.
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God This Week
Perhaps the Lord …
The more this happens, the more I wonder if perhaps this twenty-two year experiment was in fact a giant waste of time.
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He Still Surprises Me
Scruff ran out to the generator shed to see what had happened. He was met by a cloud of toxic fumes.
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The Cold Hard Truth About Youth Ministry
Christ Himself must have called you here, like he called me (kicking and screaming) and my husband (blissfully naïve), otherwise you would not have chosen such exquisite joy and pain.
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The Cottonwood at the Top of the Hill
There is beauty here, maybe the lighting isn’t quite right to see it now, but soon some slight thing will change and God’s glory will come shining through.
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Called to Insanity?
So, are we called to a life of insanity? Yes, yes we are. That’s OK, because we are right where God wants us.
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The Honor of Being an Heir
I’d never realized how sobering it is to hold the pile of papers that represents the wishes of your lost loved one.
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A Warm Place in the Storm
As our first snowstorm darkened the sky and sent us scrambling to put another log on the fire, I was reminded of the only time I was lost outside.
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Delbert Elmer Griffith
We saw the end of an era last week. On May 10th 2022, we said goodbye to our camp founder, Del Griffith. After forty-nine years of ministry, at the age of 104, he left us to greet his Lord and the loved ones who went on before him. Yes, even during his last days he was calling up Scruffy to ask how projects were coming along or chatting with the board members about camp.
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The Lord’s Blessings … Used Cars!
In our area, there has been a shocking shortage of used cars. Yes, I realize that this is not life-or-death chaos like what we are used to, but still, troubling if you need a car. Used cars have even been selling for the same price as new cars! The madness is so severe that it requires three exclamation points!!!
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