Lessons from Lava Falls
Like those river runners who have documented stories and details of Lava Falls for the past 150 years, Scripture provides us guidance through life's most challenging waters. There's a moment of pure anticipation that every Grand Canyon rafter knows—when the distant roar of Lava Falls first reaches your ears. Mile 179 on the Colorado River holds what some consider the ultimate test of courage and skill in North American whitewater rafting. Once called Vulcan, due to the black basalt rocks born from the fires of the earth that
The Best Ballad Ever Written
 I'm a huge fan of the classic western ballads. I like a song that gets somewhere and tells a compelling story. The best ballads make you laugh, cry, shudder a bit, and leave you inspired. There have been some fantastic ballad writers/singers over the years: Marty Robbins, Jimmy Dean, Johnny Cash, John Denver, Tom T. Hall and many others. However, these are completely forgettable names when compared to the ballad God wrote when He formed Grand Canyon. The Ballad of Grand Canyon inspires from the first note. Launching from Lee's
