Everywhere I turn this week I am being stalked by a dove. It started in my office. I heard him first. Cooing, I’m with you, I’m with you. Then I saw him. Alone. A bit out of season. Perched in the tree outside my door. Watching. When I moved to the front of the house, Read more…
When People Reveal Themselves Believe Them
One of the greatest lessons we can learn is just this – when people reveal themselves, believe them. This one simple truth can save you untold grief; perhaps even your life. Looking backward it becomes plain to see how others who did not have our good at heart first revealed themselves in words strangely straight Read more…
Snake in the Grass
A few years back, I was living up Hell’s Canyon running a Christian retreat center. When a friend came to visit, we decided to take a hike. As we climbed, we came across a harmless, but dead, bull snake in the grass, lying across the trail. Not so unusual. We stepped around it and moved Read more…