A walk around Gold Creek Pond has, for the years I've lived here in the mountains, always been an act of worship. This year, the seasons...

The first book that’s both inspiring and challenging me is “The Wisdom of the Native Americans” Kent Nerburn has compiled a variety of...

A little research reveals why the colors change:  because of changes in the length of daylight and changes in temperature, the leaves...

Dear Green Lake Before my five year departure from Washington, I walked the frozen shores with the woman who is now my wife and after...

Plunge your pole, hard, into the place you anticipate placing your foot.  Look carefully.  Step quickly.  Go! They’ve collapsed under my...

The rest of our lives, it’s a different story, especially if we’ve been taught to love Jesus.   We’ve often learned that darkness is...

I tell you not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.  Matthew 6:29 It’s wildflower season in the mountains, and...

Scientists are discovering that humans are also profound beneficiaries of the forest.  “Forsest Bathing”, which simply means to walk in a...

meet Luci After morning coffee,  I start the car and turn the defrost on, high and hot.  It’s 23 degrees and a sheet of ice covers the...

I’m 19 and a good friend had landed the part of Jesus in Godspell, so he invites me to see him on opening night.  It’s been two years...

Truth be told though, the ocean of details can conspire with my own Type A personality and propensity to get anxious about stuff, and...

It’s our last hike, the end of our forty days trekking through the Alps together.  I’ll begin teaching next week and thinking about...

We’re waiting for the cable car that will haul us up to the Douglass Hut, the base from which we’ll be hiking over a couple of passes to...

(I’m happy to introduce the guest author for this post as my hiking partner, best friend, and one week from today, wife of 35 years!...

All this has been unfolding at the same time I’ve been preparing to embark on a sabbatical journey, which will begin with 40 days of...

a book about the importance of opening oneself to direct encounter with creation, in preparation for a  40 day hike in the Alps this...

If success is a mountain, I’m an accidental climber. Has it ever happened to you?  You’ve been working hard for goals you believe in for...

There’s a hearing.  It comes to us in dreams, or songs, or after a conversation in the corner booth of a Tuesday night with the one we...

Dissociative disorder is defined as a “disruption or breakdown of memory, awareness, identity or perception.”  It’s a common occurrence...

Embodiment is the answer.  I’m old enough to know that if I don’t get up and do something with my body before the day gets on, I won’t do...