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…
365 miles in 12 months. On foot. On a trail of some kind (not neighborhood sidewalks or the mall). “The Hiker’s 365,” it’s called, and was the first My Adventure Challenge we signed up for. Initially, we launched this challenge in November 2021 with the goal of completing it one…
In the spring and summer of 1984, I was in a pretty low place in many ways. The previous April took me in the opposite direction. The small church in western Illinois (I referred to in last week’s article) had called me to be their pastor, and I dove in…
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…
While working in my study, I usually have Calm Radio playing in the background, as it is right now. Featuring dozens of genre channels, Calm Radio’s niche is expressed in the name—the music isn’t blaring, driving, and overpowering. Some channels have vocals, but I don’t think I’ve ever listened to…
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…
As a somewhat casual Minnesota Vikings fan, I should have watched the entire recent NFC Wild Card playoff game between the Vikings and the New Orleans Saints. If I were a die-hard fan, I would have. But, I figured the Saints would get revenge on the game a couple years…
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