HIS SPIRIT

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  …

Limited Volcano Views This Trip

Though I always go to the lodge that is closest to the volcano (and surrounded by the most forest!), this trip Christmas week was the first time the volcano was covered in clouds most of the time. The only clear day, all day, was Christmas Day, with clouds and rain all the rest of that …

This Year’s Christmas Trees

Well – the ones I have taken the time to photograph in my normal activities of the last week or two. I failed to photograph a big one at the Alajuela Hospital and did not go to the Juan Santamaria Park for Alajuela’s biggest outdoor tree this year and the Atenas City Hall does not …

Jesus wept. Or maybe just rolled His eyes.

Evangelicals’ infallible new faith: The gospel of Trump By Christine Emba Columnist January 4, 2018 at 5:40 PM   —   Orange emphasis mine Jesus wept. Or maybe just rolled His eyes. On New Year’s Day, Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. defended his unwavering support of President Trump with a thoroughly confused reading of the Gospel. …

This is the way. Walk in it.

LifeWay VBS 2015 Theme Journey Off the Map, and yep! Parts of Costa Rica look like this! Remember, Jurassic Park was here! Some thought of Costa Rica with Avatar, but there are no blue people here! 🙂 I just read about the jungle theme “Journey Off the Map” and focus verse of Vacation Bible School at …

Flowing from my heart . . .

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 …

The Saga of Charlie Doggett

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 …

Why I Blog

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 …

The Life-changing Seattle Summer Mission

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 …

Hiking & Camping

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 …