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September 2021

September 07, 2021
This may seem like a short review of the book, but it's hard to describe...
September 06, 2021
I suppose we had romantic thoughts when we bought the hummingbird feeders.  Like most things,...
September 05, 2021
Early in my Christian experience I was taught about mercy.  We even learned the difference...
September 04, 2021
October 16th – Online – Free – Reserve a Spot   History and Purpose:                           Last...

August 2021

August 21, 2021
Yesterday, I talked about how I started to evolve out of fear-based parenting.  Usually my...
August 20, 2021
I was kneeling down over a flower bed when I noticed my daughter standing next...
August 19, 2021
Before we even get started, let me just say this.  I know that many of...

July 2021

July 31, 2021
Spiritual formation means different things to different streams of faith.  Some have more stringent programs...
July 27, 2021
by Laura Forehand Being a Mimi is one of the quintessential joys of my life. ...
July 25, 2021
I think I inherited my inner hoarder from my mother and I think she got...
July 24, 2021
It is probably true that mot of what we teach our children is by the...
July 24, 2021
My wife, Laura Forehand, is a very experienced teacher and competent in Whole Brain Teaching. ...
July 11, 2021
This my grandson, Jackson Bennett Holmes.  I used to call him J.B., but now we...
July 10, 2021
"Hello, I'm Karl and I'm an Evangelical Christian." "Hi Karl." Although I probably wouldn't actually...
July 08, 2021
  We are currently on vacation in Nevarre, FL.  Our online friends, Jason and Brandi...
July 07, 2021
(an ode to the Elams) Laura and I don't have many close friends.  It's our...
July 06, 2021
Yesterday officially began our vacation when we flew out of Kansas City to meet some...
July 04, 2021
There is probably nothing that matters more to me than integrity.  I have worked hard...
July 02, 2021
I'm starting my vacation today!  It almost doesn't seem real because I've been working 53...

June 2021

June 20, 2021
I'm working on my next tattoo.  A lot of people can't believe I have even...
June 15, 2021
Some of you may not know that I was a former pastor for 20 years....
June 13, 2021
Right now, I am sitting on our porch in rural Missouri.  It took me a...
June 06, 2021
  In a scene from the movie, Forest Gump, Forest is talking to a young women that...
June 03, 2021
For the past few months, I have been working 53-hour work weeks.  I work on...
June 01, 2021
“I don’t think we have stories. I think we are stories, and we’re stories that...

May 2021

May 31, 2021
Thousands of years of a tradition and philosophy and religion have coalesced together to give...
May 29, 2021
I spent the entire day on my porch today.  I've been working a 53-hour work...
May 27, 2021
In my new book, Being: A Journey Toward Presence and Authenticity, the book closes with...
May 25, 2021
In my book, Being: A Journey Toward Presence and Authenticity, I talked about facing our...
May 23, 2021
Consider this wisdom from Eugene Gendlin “What is split off, not felt, remains the same....
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