Taylor is turkey hunting for the first time this year. I have enjoyed being out in the woods with him, but so far no tags filled. The gun did go off one time, but with nothing in the way dropped. The birds flew off into the timber. Yesterday was our second together and a great day not [...]
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Great Day In the Woods
Posted in Hunting, The wonders of creation, tagged deer, turkey hunting on November 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Measuring the Harvest
Posted in The wonders of creation, Walking with God, tagged Combine, Ecclesiastes 12:13-14, evaluation, judgement, redemption on October 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I went for a ride in a combine once under different conditions. The ride reminded me of my wonderful childhood on the farm, but that was not what was different. What was especially interesting about this particular time was that the corn being picked was part of a series of test plots. Six rows at [...]
When “What’s Coming” Interrupts “What Is”
Posted in The wonders of creation, Walking with God, tagged love thy neighbor, Mark 12:29-31, Preparing for the future, squirrel on September 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have a neighbor that is really excited about preparing for the future. So excited I think he is going to get himself killed. As I drove by his house he ran across the street and I nearly hit him. He is a squirrel. Each time I see him he has a walnut in his [...]
Refueling
Posted in The wonders of creation, Walking with God, tagged 190th Air National Guard, F-22 Raptor, Job 27:18, KC-135, Tobacco Hornworm Moth on September 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
About nine months ago someone contacted me about the possibility of going up with the 190th Air National Guard based in Topeka, Kansas on a refueling mission. With the appropriate paper work submitted, I was confirmed as a guest on an upcoming mission.
After a briefing and presentation we boarded a KC-135 [...]
Fog, Prayer, and Cadence
Posted in Sports, The wonders of creation, Walking with God, tagged bicycling, fog, Lake Perry, prayer on July 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Crisp cool air greeted me as the morning bike ride began. The first mile or two are always strange until the road, chain and breathing establishes a cadence for the day. Alone on the road (commuters passing by in cars hardly count) with my own thoughts. The sun has just begun to creep up over the horizon [...]
You Are A New Creation
Posted in The wonders of creation, Walking with God, tagged 2 Corinthians 5:17, Cicada, Transformation, Whispering Winds Bible Camp on July 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Someone saw it first and a group had gathered around. It was a cicada (locust). He was climbing from his shell to take on a new form. He wasn’t as beautiful as a butterfly but every bit as interesting. We decided to name him Michael or Mike, because he looked like an angel as his [...]
All Alone in the Woods, Almost
Posted in The wonders of creation on May 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sitting alone in a deer stand is a very good thing. It allows time for all the motions of life to come to a point of stillness and understanding. I love the sounds of the woods going quite from all my noises and then awakening to all their own sounds. I feel both grown up [...]
A Work in Progress
Posted in The wonders of creation, Turkey Hunting, Walking with God, tagged art, artist, turkey painting on April 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
My daughter gave this picture to me a year ago at Christmas. I was delighted with it. She wasn’t. She kept saying that she wished she had done some parts of it different. Recently, she was feeling better with her physical challenges and asked me to bring the picture home.
Taking it out of the frame [...]
It’s All His
Posted in The wonders of creation, Walking with God, tagged Flowering Trees, Psalm 50 on April 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I looked in my neighbor’s yard and saw a wondrous sight. The flowering crab tree was exploding in beauty. I began to notice all kinds of trees in my neighborhood that were full of blossoms and the stunning announcement of spring.
The thought crossed my mind no one owns the bloom. You may own the tree, [...]
