Down the Santa Fe Trail The Santa Fe Trail consisted of eight hundred miles of barren land, sandy deserts, and high mountain passes. Travelers had to battle hunger, thirst, and occasional raids by Comanches. Once you reached your destination, a whitewashed city at the foot of the Sangre De Cristo Mountains, you were never sure […]
OLD WEST COWBOY SAINTS Thousands of heads of cattle roaming through unfenced ranges in the Old West presented a powerful temptation. To some, the scene looked as profitable as bags of money lying around in the street. Besides, the actual cattle owners were often eastern bankers or foreign investors who surely wouldn’t miss a couple […]
Open Winter Beetle Blues Winters up here in the mountains of Idaho happen in various degrees of severity. This last one was what we call an open winter. That is, we experienced a fairly mild winter with few blizzards or cruel, relentless storms. The snow never got past two feet deep, and the temperatures never […]
Purpose and Plans for Family Privacy God designed that we live in families. But that doesn’t mean we should never be alone. Times of planned family privacy can meet crucial needs. Those Who Most Need Privacy 1. Mothers with young children, especially pre-school kids. Jesus said in Mark 6:31, “Come away by yourselves to a lonely […]
When You Need a Miracle We all get so stuck at times. We can’t go back or forward. Perhaps we brought the calamity on ourselves. Or it was thrust upon us by other people. Sometimes it’s the logical progress of circumstances. But we know we need a miracle. At age eleven I got marooned halfway […]
SHE’S A STANDER! All the heroines in the Stuart Brannon Series rate what I call ‘standers.’ They can be counted on to be there during the toughest of times. I got a letter from Kelly of Lyndale, Indiana. She enjoyed my Westerns. “I’m only eleven years old,” she wrote, “but I’ve enjoyed every one of […]
How to be a Good Citizen To be a good citizen and get a good job, we’re told to obey the laws and pay your dues. But it can be frustrating. For instance, the good old government way includes so much red tape and bureaucracy. But what would we do without it? Let me tell […]
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