My friends and I were rehearsing a violin, viola, and piano number. Someone walked by and commented to our pianist, Morgan Shamy, “Wow, you are so talented.” Her reply? “I practice a lot.” Have you ever noticed that if you want something worthwhile, you must sacrifice your time and effort to…
I did not write a devotion last week because I was camping at 5200 feet elevation in the Talkeetna Mountains and hunting caribou with my son, Josh. I’ve had quite a few people ask me…
It was a busy day on the pediatric floor, and my little patient was in desperate need of a life-saving infusion. Pharmacy had just delivered the medication and clearly stated that it…
Most of us desire to live lives that please God. The apostle Paul at the end of his life said, “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith….” (2 …
A very good friend, the Rev. Dr. William Herzog II, died on August 4, 2019, Bill was a Bible scholar of first note. His academic credentials were impressive. Harvard, Claremont, Amer…
Mongolia has always held a sense of mystery for me. I remember from my schooling that Mongolia once stretched from Austria to all of China. Chinggis Khan achieved this conquest throu…
As I write my devotion this week, my heart is full. I am both exhilarated and exhausted. I have experienced amazing love, but also have real questions about the future. Sunday mornin…
We live in a very exciting time of history! It’s been said that five great revolutions have taken place in history. The first great revolution was ideographic writing. An example of …
Our God is in the business of changing lives. God took Abraham, an idolater, and made him into the father of faith. God took Moses, a murderer, and transformed him into the great law…
In June I was struck by a text message sent to me by my wife, Kathy. I saved the text for this week’s devotion. On Monday, June 24, I was driving to Sterling, making many stops, taki…
Where is your Baha’i Church? Where is your Baha’i Temple?
Not many years ago, I took my son Kimball roller skating along with his good friend Daniel. On the ride to the skating rink, Daniel told us it was his first time roller skating. Upon…
This summer I gained a renewed respect for public servants who go to work every day putting their lives on the line for others. Specifically I am now thinking of firefighters. On Jun…
My friend, Jim Tayes, recently died. Jim came to Alaska in 1966 in the oil business from California. He got off the plane in Prudhoe. It was so cold he wanted to get back on the plan…
In the past year my wife and I became “proud” owners of a small dry cabin on the Kenai Peninsula, near a boat launch on the Kenai River. Now, Alaskans know that the Kenai River is th…
“Wow, could this be the best part of the amusement park?” I thought to myself. In June my husband and I joined our daughter and her young family at a theme park. The community was ex…
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