And yet…

There is so much that’s great. People. Ideas. Landscapes. Art. Friendship. Courage. Skill. Individuality. Purpose. Love… like the love Heather must have for me. And like the love Jesus must have for me… to give up his life for me on the cross, to redeem me. Me! A chief of sinners. What do I feel when I realize how retched I actually am … wholly incapable of pulling myself out of the muck I am so drawn to and turning and calling out to Jesus? Because if I am honest, I secretly wish I could be deserving of salvation on…
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Never spend less than $100

Never spend less than $100

We all know what it is like to feel trapped in the urgent. You know, all the stuff that if somehow don’t get done right now the world will come crashing down. I woke up the other morning about 3 with a list of four or five things that all of a sudden “absolutely had to get done today for sure”, if not yesterday. (It is interesting that these things were comfortably on a list of “things that ought to be done tomorrow” the night before.) But at three am when I really should have been sleeping, the blasted things…
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Lessons learned from making the move

Lessons learned from making the move

We made the move to Base Camp. Been here about two weeks. Not settled in yet. Rained the first week. Out of town last week. Grass knee high in most places. Higher in some. Tractor won’t start. Need to get that figured out. Need to move some cattle in. Need to make the perimeter fence secure. Need to finish unpacking boxes. Need to… Need to… And on and on the list goes. And I am beyond grateful to be here… Heather and I are dreamers. We’re explorers. We’re tryers. Trying and failing go hand in hand. And therefore, sure, we’re…
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