Prepare for the Journey

My last post explored off-roading with the Lord. My adventure continues. Something readily apparent from the outset of my journey involves how ill-prepared I felt. I live near the Appalachian Trail. Years ago, I read a funny book about a hiker’s attempt to hike the trail. For sure, I would get eaten by a bear

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Figuratively Off-Roading

Multiple times I have written about leaving the paved path and making progress. Well, I find myself at a new trailhead in life. It is time, once again, to go figuratively off-roading.   Have you ever gone hiking? My introduction to the activity came during the time I was dating my Hubby Guy. I lived

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Let Others In

I have spent too much life hiding from would-be community. When I hide, I rob myself of connection and inadvertently disrupt the working of the Holy Spirit. Yikes! That is not what I want to do. Life works better when I remember to let others in. We get weary, don’t we? Life hurls hurt like

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Declare His Message

While out for a walk a few weeks back, a Blue jay caught my attention. Somehow the sounds of a solitary bird managed to rise above the cacophony of a busy intersection. His emphatic call caused me to seek him out. I glanced up and to my right just in time to see him straighten

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Risk For Reward

A local Authors Festival drew me to the big library downtown. I went alone and felt every second of my choice to spend time with complete strangers in a public place. The phrase “risk for reward” propelled me room to room, like a trolling motor for a tiny skiff. In the end, a few nuggets