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10 May 2022 – I am taking a free wpcourses.com online class “Intro to Blogging” provided free for all persons who maintain a WordPress Blog. One of the first things they tell me to do is laboriously work on the “Why” of my blog and then rewrite that reason every few months or years and …
UNDER CONSTRUCTION or really “just begun.” I’m too busy most of my time to write like this while preferring to photograph nature, usually birds or butterflies here in Costa Rica! But occasionally “in the mood to write.” 🙂 Introduction The Merriam-Webster online dictionary says: “A saga is a long and complicated story or series of …
Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. ~Proverbs 4:23 Yes, this blog started as a “reporting” of my experiences of living “Retired in Costa Rica” and the first few years have lots of “how to” or sharing my experiences of the big transition to a legal resident of Costa …
A Lifetime of Joy, Exercise & Nature Loving that only barely got started in Boy Scouts and continued throughout my life! The Photo Galleries listed below tell it all! With some photos of the vast majority of my hikes and camping trips which I consider pretty impressive! 🙂 The Feature Photo at top is me …
Wow! This was the biggest thing to happen in my life thus far! Not only the longest trip ever made, but the most states ever visited and the biggest spiritual experience of my life! I’m really sorry that I was not journaling then! The feature photo has me in the center with sunglasses, Willis left …
When I first started going to these great conference centers in North Carolina & New Mexico they were called “Baptist Assembly” with that later changed to “Baptist Conference Center.” First as a church staff member taking groups for training and inspiration and then later while working for the denomination in two different agencies as a …
God can do anything, you know – far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams! He does it not by pushing us around but by working within us, His Spirit deeply and gently within us.~Ephesians 3:20-21 THE MESSAGE (emphasis mine) Catholic Church Atenas, Costa Rica – San Rafael Arcángel Parish …
Christianity Today has 3 good articles about one of the few great Christians of my generation, Eugene Peterson, who recently died: Ministry Lessons Eugene Peterson Competed His Long Obedience Eugene Peterson: A Monk Out of Habit I guess his translation of the Bible called The Message is the biggest influence he had on me and my …
It Always Happens Suddenly 23 February 2021 – At my computer in my rent house, Atenas, Alajuela, Costa Rica trying to put together the story of the last few days, the beginning of a new adventure I did not plan. After I “catch up” on what has happened since the 11th of February, this will …
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Jesús A very popular name for boys here is Jesús, yes that is Spanish for the English name Jesus but with the Spanish pronunciation and noted accent on last syllable: for you English-only speakers it is pronounced like “yay-sús.” It is not considered sacrilegious to use our Lord’s name as a given name, though some …
