The Irony of Gimmicks
Gimmicks. They never work.
Yet, the American is constantly on the lookout for a way to avoid effort, or so it would seem.
Hence we are a country full of enterprises promising easy fixes to any number of our problems.
Yet, we deny the easiest fix of all!
If In Doubt
There are so many among us today in the Christian world who seem to believe they have the corner on salvation.
It seems they have assigned themselves the responsibility of being the gatekeepers here on earth governing who and who will not gain entrance to heaven when they die.
These Christians among us stress and “worry” over the salvation of others using as their primary motivation Matthew 7 where Jesus talks about the narrow gate, the bearing of fruit and the false teachers and “wolves” among us.
I want to dissect this a little bit and in the event you have encountered one of these types, or perhaps even ARE one of these types, provide some of my own personal thought and insight on the topic in an effort to provide hope and assurance to anyone who now doubts their salvation.
Persistence Pays
There is a lesson in our adventure to find the Desert 5 Spot plant during the spring wildflower blooms we experienced.
The lesson taught was about persistence. I learned a lot about persistence and I wanted to share that with you here.
We’re Not Worthy
The mindset of our unworthiness in the sight of God troubles me.
Far too many Christians seem to practice severe self loathing and deprecating talk.
I am not sure about the right posture to actually take and how we really must think as it relates to our relationship with God.
In this post, I’d like to write out some thoughts I have related to the matter and how I believe we may want to reconsider such talk.
The Stars Humble Us
Psalm 8 mentions the night sky and the work of His fingers.
What a great chapter from which to contemplate the art of Photographing the night skies in Death Valley. In today’s post, I’ll share with you a few thoughts as well as some images recently captures of the Milky Way over the Harmony Borax Works in Death Valley.
Gifts for Mom!
Mother’s Day is just around the corner and I thought…hey, you know what…I want to share some gift ideas with my friends.
This post contains a link to get you shopping for mom!
Gratitude
I believe that gratitude is the killer of stress and worry.
Yet, it sure is easy for me to lose track of those things for which I can and should be grateful.
Today I’d like to share with you a few thought patterns I’ve been having along with a video and an image revolving around this very topic.
Joshua Tree
We are spending a bit of time in Joshua Tree National Park so I just had to do some photography.
In today’s post, I’ll rant a little bit about Tree Huggers and will also share some epic photos from our past few days with you.
The Wildflower Hunt
If God so cares for the wildflowers…
Jesus’ words about worry are linked to the flowers. This adventure into the desert in search of the spring wildflowers has been very eye opening. I have been to many desert sin search of wildflowers but have never seen anything quite like what we witnessed at the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park last week. I wanted to not only share with you some of the photos I have taken while there, but also provide for you the video we produced and posted to our Youtube channel. You will find them all in this post.
Staying At the Salton Sea
Our time as workcampers has come to an end. We have left the Salton Sea area and begin our trek north through the deserts in pursuit of epic wildflower displays. Here are some photos from my time in the Salton Sea area.