So teach us to number our days so that we can present to Thee a heart of wisdom. Psalms 90:12
The Pikes Peak Greenway trail meanders up and down hills from the Edmondson Trailhead on Woodmen Road in Colorado Springs, north to the Air Force Academy. Beautiful homes are hidden along Monument Creek or in bluffs above the train tracks on the Pikes Peak Greenway trail. One home even had hoodoos in their backyard decoration. We … Continue reading Hailing Rattlesnakes
Job 38: 25-27 “Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain, and a path for the thunderstorm, to water a land where no one lives, an uninhabited desert, to satisfy a desolate wasteland and make it sprout with grass?” (NIV) Hiking friends meet new friends hiking. Two ladies who had never met talked for two … Continue reading Lost and Tired on New Path
“The first thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you know how, for everyone you know. Pray especially for rulers and their governments to rule well so we can be quietly about our business of living simply, in humble contemplation. This is the way our Savior God wants us to live.” I Timothy … Continue reading Contemplation
“Go back into the Jordan riverbed to the covenant chest of the Eternal your God, and each carry a stone upon your shoulder, (twelve stones for the twelve tribes of the Israelites) so that we may build a memorial of this day. Someday when your children ask you, “Why are these stones piled up here?” you will tell … Continue reading Cairns: Stones of Remembrance
Changes Psalms 8:1, 3-5 “O Lord, our Lord, How majestic is Your name in all the earth, Who have displayed, your splendor above the heavens! I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,the moon and the stars, which You have ordained; what is man that Youtake thought of him, and the son of man that You care for him? Yet You have … Continue reading Sedona Red Rocks
Vail, Central Colorado Isaiah 55:10-11 “Just as rain and snow descend from the skies and don’t go back until they’ve watered the earth, Doing their work of making things grow and blossom, producing seed for farmers and food for the hungry, So will the words that come out of my mouth not come back empty-handed. They’ll … Continue reading Adversity and snow shoes
Jeremiah 52:7 “Then the city wall was broken through, and the whole army fled. They left the city at night through the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden, though the Babylonians were surrounding the city.” Shanghai is an ancient city now bustling as one of the largest cities in China with a population of 24 million in 2017. It … Continue reading Shanghai Treasures
Luke 9:28 “Some eight days after these sayings, He took along Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray.” (NAS) Hiking with a Mountain Club is sharing your favorite hobby with people who have the same hobby and then never seeing them again. The leaders of the groups have some basic … Continue reading Friends Club
