November 2, 2024 By listening to Bible Project each day, I find that the richness of God’s Words is so extensive and the parts that elude my understanding need to go through a grid of looking at God’s declarations about himself and the whole story of Jesus. His choices, his emotions, his mysterious teachings, his…
November 1, 2024 Quite interesting days with being involved with the Truth and Transformation School. Yesterday our speaker Allan Robbins brought rocks, strawberries, uv lights, iodized salt and more. It was hands on science and to see the joy of discovery was a wonder to see. Even a plain tablespoon pressed against dry ice emits…
Mixed thoughts in my mind today. As a United States citizen, I want my nation to thrive. I want to honor each person as valuable, and truly discover what it means to humble myself and pray and act like Jesus, who declared, “Forgive them for they know not what they do.” Discovering the truth about…
He helped me see my first reaction when threatened or shamed kicks me into a non-rational mindset. That’s the point where I want to hide or to fight. Saying something at that point can escalate into harmful words or actions. Inner dialog can cause the same stress. Pausing enough to let God’s wisdom come into…
Hold onto what matters Is learning to listen to both sides of the argument becoming a lost skill? How many times have I held an belief because it fitted with my narrative? While it is entirely within God’s power to create the earth in six literal 24 hour periods, my narrative became tempered by looking…
Coming together My photos from 2013 race Today is the second 2022 Ironman World Championship event in Kona. For the first time Kona split the athletes into two groups, one race held two days ago featuring the women and some age groups. Roughly 5,000 athletes are here. The volunteer numbers to support this race is…
Inside Photo by Khamkéo Vilaysing on Unsplash What is inside our minds and emotions is not hidden from God. I often ask questions but have lessened my demand for the answers. In some Psalms you see the cry why are the righteous suffering? Why does the evil one get away with so much? It is important to then…
Shadows Noticing beauty in the midst of struggle helps us remember unrivaled beauty and order is promised in the heavenly realm. Just across from the Kona campus is a massive royal poinciana. Though it didn’t sport its fiery red blossoms at that moment, I noticed inside the tree’s deep shade, the tendrils from pink-white bougainvillea…
When you heal Two weeks have disappeared since I was visiting my home state Oregon. Soon I’ll be helping students in Truth and Transformation. They arrive on Sept 29. I love this school, it helped rewrite some erroneous thinking and revealed God’s greatness from compassion to creativity. You’ll see my coursework in this blog written…
Power of trust “Trust him with all my heart”. Struggles come in many forms. I heard Shannon’s testimony regarding her stillborn child, her family prayed before and after the baby was born for it to come back from the dead. She declared her trust during pregnancy and after the baby was buried. Shannon did trust…