God’s Christmas Tree

There’s only one kind of Christmas tree for me.  These days, it seems that endless varieties of Christmas trees abound.  Small firs perch unobtrusively on tabletops.  Artificial trees offer a realistic look (without a realistic...

Words with the Wilds

The Wild Brothers (left to right)–Asher, Kian, Morgan, and Hudson. “For [God’s] invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made.  So...

Welcoming the Elk

A bull elk strolls through his kingdom–the town of Estes Park. September is a special month for me.  For one, it’s the lazy-golden Indian summer month, when the sun is warm but the breeze is cool, and the birds are beginning to exchange their bright summer...

Dark Sky

Starry night at Vail Ski Resort in Vail, Colorado “If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore; and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown!  But every night come out...

Toads on the Roads

What is more calming than a summer night? The heat of the day has dissipated, leaving behind a gentle breeze that whispers in the trees and ruffles the bodies of water.  As dusk deepens, the fireflies begin emerging, at first cautiously, in pockets of two or...

12,000 Feet

View of tundra from Trail Ridge Road, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado Upward.  It’s a direction that’s stamped indelibly on our human souls.  There is a relentless draw to move upward—both physically and spiritually.  In fact, we take journeys in...