Hoping for a turnaround to their dismal season start, I recently watched a Broncos football game. God sometimes shows me truth in unexpected places. In one particular play, I saw grace illustrated in football. When the quarterback throws the ball and his intended receiver catches it, that is not grace. That’s more like works. These …
On a recent botanic garden visit, I noticed an aquatic insect inhabiting a water feature. But it wasn’t in the water, it was on top of the water. I recognized it as a water strider. These insects glide effortlessly across the water’s surface, but can also stand still or skip across it. They have water-repellent …
Having four Boy Scouts in our family, we were well-acquainted with their motto: “Be prepared.” This slogan‘s wisdom hit home multiple times as we recently visited Leadville, Colorado, whose population once soared to over 50,000, but now boasts a mere 2,633. Leadville experienced an incredible but short-lived boom during the silver rush of the late …
