Rampart Ridge - Woodland Park, CO
Drive A Good Nail
Are you ever frustrated when you can’t solve the whole problem? Anyone who’s grown up on a ranch or farm (like me) knows there’s always animals to feed, pens to…
Passing Through
I live at a place called Buffalo Springs Lake. Part of Yellow House Canyon, it’s a topographical aberration in the endless miles of flatness that is the South Plains of…
What Makes A Good Manager?
We’ve all likely endured a bad one in our careers. But what makes a good manager? While I’ve been self-employed most of my life, in those seasons where I worked…
Yearbook
When you’re gone, how will you be remembered? Right before summer break the yearbooks came in. A hardcover pictorial of the 2018-19 school year. Students busily flipped pages, pointing, laughing,…
E&A at Krispy Kreme
A Rose At Krispy Kreme
Have you ever done a good deed that appeared to go wrong? Maybe it didn’t. Maybe you just don’t know the whole story. When my girls and I first moved…
Blooming Where You’re Planted
There’s a rogue sunflower growing in my flower pot. It’s tall and strong and going to bloom any day now. I didn’t plant it. The birds did. But now that…
On This Father’s Day Say What You Need To Say
It's Father's Day. These are photographs of my Dad Gene in high school and in his late 60’s. From him and my Mom I learned so much. Not the least…
Your Stories vs. Google Searches
In this particular Tuesday morning 8th grade Bible class it’s somewhere around 8:43, depending on which clock you look at. My antique Orange Crush clock has become stubborn and recalcitrant…
On Frustration and The Climb
A couple months back a long distance friend (a Mom, musician, and multiple marathoner) posted this on her Facebook page: “In life it would be nice if every once in…
A Walk Through The Cemetery
Several weeks ago I was honored to preach the funeral of Nell Ray. When Nell entered the world in 1916 a postage stamp cost 2 cents and the Eiffel Tower…