Undone

7/19/2025 It’s hard to keep everything under control. It’s actually hard to keep anything under control. I could not keep my emotions under control yesterday as the images of countries with zero known followers of Christ drew tears out of my eyes and down my face. It took real effort to stay off the floor. But that’s how I feel. Like I want to find a cozy little hole in the ground and crawl into…

Turning toward home

7/18/2025 We come from pioneer stock who turned their faces westward and set out to find homes and build new lives. For some reason that I don’t know, they stopped in what would eventually become Nacogdoches County, Texas. I wonder what they were looking for. What made them go when so many stayed? There were very very few people around then. What made them want to blend with the piney woods among the Nacogdoche Caddoan…

Resolving the tension

7/17/2025 Ok, the tension is working itself out as I type. And I know that it will continue to work itself out over time again and again. I didn’t realize there was tension until a few days ago when Cru25 began. But now I realize that it has been there for several years. It probably started when we began the process of looking for a Base Camp for our family in 2019. It was time…