Last night my cell phone rang. It was after 9:00 and here at the Turley house those calls usually don’t get answered. But after the ringing stopped I got up to turn off the silly phone just in case some knuckle head tried to call me again. My phone told me it was the Bellingham … Read more

Last night I was watching a show on the Discovery channel called “SuperVolcano.” While I don’t need to repeat or summarize the entire show for you, as I read my devotions this morning I recalled a particular scene in the show. A group of men are huddled in a bunker talking about the ever-increasing destruction. … Read more

My only question after I read the quote below was when does God weep? He asks of each of us that we finish the race strong, and I am pushed today to ponder which races I am running at less than 100%.  Hmmm. “The average person puts only 25% of his energy into his work. … Read more

“And none will hear the postman’s knock Without a quickening of the heart. For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?” – W.H. Auden, poet (1907-1973) Forgive me for always stretching secular things to their unintended (or intended) relationship to my own walk. But these words were ones that I had to re-read about 4 … Read more