It's so very hard sometimes to find God in the colorless and the gloomy or in the bleak and wintery. We tend to want to thank God in the sunshine and plead to him in the rain. We dance and we sing in the warm of summer and try our best to survive the winters.

The whittle marks are the flattened spaces where wood is shaved to make the particular shape and features; the edges that give it a characteristic unique to the style. They are the little imperfections that are left by the craftsman and are not easily replicated by any other method. They are what makes the piece of wood a new and unique creation.

Season 3 Episode 101

If only we knew what awaits us, we could be so much better prepared and ready, right? Maybe if we knew what to expect, we could avoid some terribly awful mistakes and save ourselves some heartbreak! I'll pause right here and let you take that in for a second…

Episode 100!

So where do we take it in 2021? Once a vaccine settles the dust and gives us possibly a life beyond lockdown; what do we do with these opportunities? We have no doubt formed some new habits with our families throughout the year. Do we go back to those pre-Covid habits

One Christmas in 1980 we made homemade cookies to give my Grandma who lived across the pasture from us. None of us could have imagined her reaction when we handed her the box...

"You have never seen the like of me before? Come in and know me better, man!" What great words to hear!

Here's a repost of one of the most downloaded podcasts of 2020. This is from December 01, 2019:

"Strange, isn't it? Each man's life touches so many other lives. And when he isn't around he leaves an awful hole, doesn't he?"

"Who are you?" Ask yourself that and consider your answer. What are you pointing to when you identify yourself? What opportunity are you taking with the questions posed to you?

"The world offers you comfort, but you were not made for comfort, you were made for greatness."

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What's the deal with Advent anyway? We seem to throw that word around this time every year and it feels kinda special when we talk about it. I mean who doesn't love a good advent calendar anyway? Seriously, a calendar with little window that have compartments of chocolate inside them? And you do it every day from December first until the 25th! Yeah, Advent, pardon the pun…sounds pretty sweet.