In about 1991 I stumbled on David Kline’s book Great Possessions in a bookstore in Berlin, Ohio. Kline is an Amish farmer and a skilled writer. Great Possessions is a simple collection of essays about things he observed on his farm in Holmes County, Ohio. At the time we were blessed to have a five-year […]
Guest Post: Gail Lancaster King
These are just a very few seconds long and are from last spring near the NWHS pond. A storm was moving in and I sat in the car observing the behavior of the Canada geese. There were several large families and, as the rain began and the wind picked up, they all got off the […]
Thoughts on an Early Autumn Evening
In the morning (as I write this) Lois and I will leave for Holmes County, Ohio to celebrate forty years of marriage. Sunday night we drove down to Camp Selah to give testimony four decade of the goodness faithfulness of God to us. Tonight I’m gathering my thoughts out on the east-facing porch enjoying the […]
Winter Mercies
The sacrament of a south-facing window. A half-moon high in the starry sky shining down though bare tree branches. A doe silent in the tree-line alternately eating and lifting her head to watch me. The breath of my prayers hanging silver on the night air. These are winter mercies… For which my heart is deeply […]
Winter Birds in Summer, Summer Birds in Winter
Our lives matter more than we think. We are more influential than we imagine. Even if we were to try to live isolated lives, our lives touch so many other lives in so many ways. Only looking back from the perspective of eternity will we see the full wonder of it, I think. In beautiful […]
Unhindered
He who believes in me out of his innermost being will flow rivers of living water. (John 7:38) Most trout-fishermen know this beautiful quote by Robert Traver from Trout Madness: “I fish because I love to. Because I love the environs where trout are found, which are invariably beautiful, and hate the environs where crowds […]