01.28.2025 – Comfort and Pain – 6 Comments on What Grief Feels Like What Grief Feels Like I lost my dad five years ago. I’ve been losing my mom to dementia for even longer. Earlier this month, I lost my …
01.21.2025 – Missions – 4 Comments on Meeting Heidi Baker Meeting Heidi Baker For some people, Heidi Baker is controversial. But to me and others, she’s a hero. Along with her husband, Rollan…
01.17.2025 – A broken world Too Busy to Care About Maria? John Hearn shared this story about Maria a number of years ago. I share it with you in hopes that it will con…
01.14.2025 – My Life Life Lessons Dogs Can Teach Us Asha died last week. She was my sidekick for 15 years. She was great with the grandbabies. She probably thought s…
01.07.2025 – Community and Covenant Here’s Why We Need to Be Recognized After Asha’s death and Hunter’s funeral last night, I was thinking about why losing someone you love can be so …
Horse stories of a different color (#2) My Life Second story about horses that have died on our property Wow, two horse stories in a row in this normally contemplative blog. Don’t worry, we’ll return yo…
How AIM Started: Struggles Along the Way My Life Several years later, Jocelyn Woosely, a young lady who helped at the Gateway, was killed in a car accident in Mexico. The staff retreat that year was painful…
Becoming aware of our brokenness A broken world Over my years in ministry, I’ve thought a lot about brokenness. I like this picture of a group of garbage pickers on a trash heap with their bags of trash. …
