Burdens, Backpacking, Yokes, and Resting in Him

During August of 2016 I joined three dear friends on a four day, three night backpacking trip in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area of Idaho. I am a backpacking rookie.  I don’t own a backpack or a lightweight stove.  I’ve gone on two previous backpacking trips—one with a church group when I was in the […]

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Rest and Sabbath

We live in a busy, hyper-kinetic, wired, and overly-connected time that is no longer bound by the clock or the calendar.  There seems to be no significant “dividers” for our days.  One day runs into the next.  Weeks slide into months.  There are few parameters or “fences” that mark the passage of time.  Time is […]

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