October 2013

As the Colorado River runs through the Grand Canyon, it creates some of the greatest whitewater rafting in the world.  The ride is truly exhilarating.  It's not just a grand canyon, but a grand adventure of personal discovery and deep connecting with your creator. Two elderly ladies from Canada brought energy and spice to a river trip this past June.  Both live in an assisted living apartment that I am sure is anything but ordinary with them around.  Their trip began as a conversation that one was having with

Much of modern science works under the principle that today's geological processes are the key to understanding geological history.  Today's rates of erosion, decay, and material deposition (among others) are used to extrapolate back and determine the length of time it took to reach the current geologic condition of the earth.  Although that may appear logical, there are geological problems that require the idea to be discarded.  The following are only five examples of geological features we see today that no modern process can explain. 1. The Grand Canyon

  Watching the sun set at the Grand Canyon is beyond anything I am capable of presenting with words.  For those brief moments at the end of each day, God shines a spotlight on His mercy and grace.  The colors and layers of the canyon walls shout praise to their maker.  I took this photo in early September while standing just outside of the Bright Angel Lodge.  As the daylight hours came to a rest, I considered the words of David in Psalm 19; "In the heavens He has

"Commit your way to the Lord; trust in Him and He will do this:  He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun."  Psalm 37:5-6   "If the Lord delights in a man's way, He makes his steps firm; though he stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with his hand." Psalm 37:23-24   Kathleen and I followed a trail today that took us to a place over 10,000 feet above sea level.  From that place we could see far