by Ashlyn McKayla Ohm | Dec 1, 2020 | Devotional Thoughts
Looking for the audio version of this post? Click here! The winter is winning. All around me, autumn is surrendering to the inevitability of winter. The dazzlingly decorated leaves are mostly fallen now, curled and crispy on the ground, leaving only a few...
by Ashlyn McKayla Ohm | Nov 15, 2020 | Devotional Thoughts
Looking for the audio version of this post? Click here! Family photos of the hog invasion. Like most good stories, this one begins in the woods. It was many years ago, on a blustery fall day—the perfect kind of autumn afternoon when the last leaves rattle...
by Ashlyn McKayla Ohm | Oct 1, 2020 | Devotional Thoughts
Looking for the audio version of this post? Click here! My friends, welcome to autumn. The vibrant riot of summer has quietly faded, the stirring symphony of the growing season dwindling to a slower cadence. At first the earth seemed to be...
by Ashlyn McKayla Ohm | Sep 15, 2020 | Devotional Thoughts, Estes Park
Looking for the audio version of this post? Click here! My dad and I work our way up the Alluvial Fan on our first attempt, June 2017. It’s basically the footprint of water. Each time I return to my beloved mountains of Colorado, I visit the Rocky Mountain...
by Ashlyn McKayla Ohm | Sep 1, 2020 | Devotional Thoughts
Looking for the audio version of this post? Click here! The martin houses stand empty at Spring Lake. Summer is ending. Today we flipped the calendar—the brightness of August fading into the more mellow September. There aren’t too many visible...
by Ashlyn McKayla Ohm | Aug 15, 2020 | Devotional Thoughts
A grassy hill–the Arkansas summertime death trap! Looking for the audio version of this post? Click here! “One mosquito can keep me ‘awaker’ than a bad conscience.” This humorous declaration by Canadian writer L. M. Montgomery may make us chuckle, but it’s...