When you've written as many words as I have over the years, it's kind of a big deal to set one aside as the favorite. As the author of creation I've always …
Video Journal #2 T-13 Days
This post highlights some of the equipment I'll take on pilgrimage for the Camino de Santiago. https://youtu.be/gW-BCyLCgL0 …
Video Journal #1 T-21 Days
This is my first video journal recorded last week, and published via Facebook that day. Just wanted to get it on the blog for the archives. I'll produce a …
The Truth About What You Hallow
(Blogger's Note: I'll create a second video journal tomorrow about preparing for pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago. It will be published here on the blog, …
The Truth About Training
“So, I must be taken as I have been made. The success is not mine, the failure is not mine, but the two together make me.” ~ Charles Dickens Just about every …
The Truth About Solvitur Ambulando
It's a phrase I'd never heard until just a few months ago. Solvitur ambulando. A well-read and accomplished friend who's already thru-conquered the Appalachian …
The Truth About Hearing That Voice
(Blogger's Note: Perhaps it's an appropriate moment to share just a word about my writing philosophy, especially what I write here on the blog. I don't aspire …
The Truth About Knowing When Someone Has Your Back
Many years ago I read a book that offered this imaginary account of a woman who'd just passed into the heavenly realm. As she met St. Peter at the …
The Truth About Two Kinds of Wilderness
I loved the wilderness as a kid. May be even more drawn to it as an adult. My father's love for duck hunting ensured I spent my fair share of time in …
The Truth About Your Situational Identity
I hate catching myself as a hypocrite. It happened just yesterday. When Dana and I realized some time ago that the corporate world is really no place for …
The Truth about Walking by Faith
I spent the first 45 years of my life literally drowning. Driven by a fear of failure, I was drowning in control issues, constantly working …
The Truth of My Uncertainty
Today marks a milestone day in my preparation for pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago. I am six weeks out from departure. From the moment the thought entered …
Expectations for Truth
"Curiosity does, no less than devotion, pilgrims make." ~ Abraham Cowley It's difficult to put my finger on exactly when it happened, but at some point during …
To Everything There is a Season
I've always been over-zealously impulsive in an obsessive-compulsive sort of way. My checkbook over the years would testify to that. In a fit of chronic …
Day Trip to Manta, Ecuador
How to Lose an Election: Arkansas Senate District 21
Who would've thought the national public mood would have reared its head so prominently yesterday in a little race for the state Senate in Northeast …
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House Hunters International in Puerto Cayo, Ecuador: The Inside Info
Remember the pop-up videos on VH1? I enjoyed those little factoids and tidbits because they revealed things you'd never know, even if you watched a hundred …
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House Hunters International in Ecuador: Answers to the Questions
(Blogger's Note: The House Hunters International episode featuring our home buying experience in Ecuador will air this Thursday night at 9:30 Central on …
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Surveying Our Junk Drawer
It looks innocent enough, its facade identical to all the others, appearing perfect in both form and function. Few, very few, know its secrets, for they are …
9/1/2013 All Are Welcome
A thoughtful and insightful post about "servant-hood" from a talented fellow blogger who sees beyond the surface. Well done. …