Echoes From the Campfire

All your life there will be men who will try to keep you from getting where you’re going, some out of hatred, some out of cussedness or inefficiency.”                     –Louis L’Amour  (Flint)        “Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, ‘I am the light…

Echoes From the Campfire

The trail had a way of grinding people down, burning off the dross to transform them into something leaner, harder. It didn’t matter who you were before; you either learned how to survive, or the endless prairies, washed-out trails, and indifferent mountains would swallow you whole.”                   …

The Saga of Miles Forrest

Extortion turns wise people into fools, and bribes corrupt the heart.”  –Ecclesiastes 7:7 (NLT) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *      “What about the rifles?” I asked, perhaps a little too sharply.      “Senor Miles, I think that one of them has been moved,”…

Echoes From the Campfire

Once you condemn yourself, you have no reason to want to change. It’s like being blinded by your own sorrow and never taking the time to realize that the hole you’re digging only gets deeper unless you look up and see the light.”                    –Ken Pratt  (The…