The Saga of Miles Forrest

It is better to spend your time at funerals than at festivals.  For you are going to die, and you should think about it while there is still time.”  –Ecclesiastes 7:2 (NLT) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *      It took twenty minutes to travel…

Echoes From the Campfire

Show me the sense of bein’ sore an’ unhappy, no matter what’s comin’ off.”                    –Zane Grey  (Robbers’ Roost)        “Rejoice in the LORD, O you righteous!  For praise from the upright is beautiful.”                    –Psalm 33:1…

Coffee Percs

He sipped the coffee and found it bitter; it had been heating too long. But it was coffee, and that was the stuff of life around most cowcamps he had ever stayed in.”                      –Elmer Kelton  (The Good Old Boys)   Pard, there’s some truth in…

Echoes From the Campfire

It’s amazing how God can paint such beauty in the midst of all the terrible things that happen.”                    –B.N. Rundell  (The Trail to Rebellion)        “He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He set forth…