When life hands you a bunch of lemons, make lemonade!” So goes the old adage. In the last several installments of the Pastor’s Page (if you missed them, begin here), I shared the experience of our (my sister and I) foiled attempt to hike Vermont’s Long Trail—that 273-mile journey up…
Aside from a swollen left hand, Day 2 dawned with an air of hopefulness. My sister and I were about 10 miles into our planned 273-mile adventure on Vermont’s Long Trail—the footpath in the wilderness. The previous two Pastor’s Page installments cover the months of preparation up to the actual…
In my brief six-plus decades, not much stands out as particularly strange. I may be thought strange, but as far as strange things happening to me, they’ve been few and far between. In fact, I tried to scan the memory banks of my childhood, I couldn’t come up with much…
Several weeks ago, I wrote about a would-be camping trip that went seriously awry—we barely made it out of the driveway with camper in tow when the car’s bumper gave way. I think that was the last straw, camping-wise, for our family. I recall four other attempts at a fun…
“Here we are as in olden days…” Are we? In many ways, we are. Christmas rolls around again as it has for centuries. Hasn’t always been so universally celebrated; nevertheless, no one alive in the western hemisphere remembers when it wasn’t celebrated. The other night, we went for a Christmas…
For plenty of hikers, the unusual rock was a destination. Honestly, it wasn’t even on our radar screen. On our recent trip to Devil’s Lake State Park in Wisconsin, we spent a full day hiking. The plan was head out from our campsite along the Ice Age Trail, which follows…
Late last July, my wife and I spent a few days in Breckenridge, Colorado, just before our 40th Anniversary. To be sure, so much about the trip was wonderful. Beautiful scenery. Great weather. Time alone together. But there was too much reminding us of the COVID pandemic. For starters, having…
How well would you do trying to put your foot through a ¾ inch board? Personally, I think I’d end up with a bruised heel rather than a split board! Nevertheless, that was the challenge confronting our almost-six-year-old grandson at his recent Tae Kwon Do belt test as he attempted…
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