We made it to Kathmandu. And we made it in style (or at least, first class). We were upgraded at the gate as we were boarding,  and let me t...

The first and second legs of our flight are in the can. I'm writing this from the Abu Dhabi airport in the United Arab Emirates while w...

Here I am with my brothers on the way to the Himalayas. Please pray for us. We have just now boarded for a twelve-and-a-half-hour flight. I...

As I wrote on the previous post , I am going on a trip to the Himalayan region. Before big events the adrenaline flows. I'm always nerv...

Jesus commanded his followers to " Go...make disciples of all nations " ( Matthew 28:19 ). Beautiful Himalayan children.  I...

As I wrote in the previous post , we went on a little trip to SW Virginia/NW Tennessee. It was a great time. Here are some more pictures and...

Tennessee is, generally speaking, shaped like a long parallelogram. Of course, a closer look reveals a much different and irregular shape. ...

Another feeble  attempt at poetry . Don't make fun! I'm just trying to exercise the right (read: creative) side of my brain, and ex...

Twenty Three By Chad Sparks  YaHWeH A word that’s like no other We know not how to speak it; The Word and Wholly Other All el...

Poetry? You’re kidding, right? I’m really wanting to exercise the right side of my brain. For some reason poetry has become meaningful ...

We're may not be the Griswolds, but we're sometimes close...and proud of it! Today was a great day! But to be entirely truthful,...