by mcl | Feb 1, 2018 | Columns, Inspiration, Outside In
By Chris Bates Digging In This time of year we spend more time indoors because of the wintry weather. That obviously is a physical placement. As we move emotionally from outside to in, it means that we have to dig inward a bit. It is not always...
by mcl | Jan 4, 2018 | Columns, Inspiration, Outside In
By Chris Bates Do You Feel It? The early December snow really blew our minds. We were amazed at how deep it was so quickly, and even how light and soft it was for making snowballs and snowmen. I sat with a cup of coffee and watched as the sun came...
by mcl | Dec 4, 2017 | Columns, Inspiration, Outside In
By Chris Bates The Gift of One Another There is nothing like a painted dawn in the Mississippi Delta. On the recent opening morning of hunting season, we arrived well before dawn and had time to sit in the quiet for a while and enjoy the earliest moments of the...
by mcl | Nov 1, 2017 | Columns, Inspiration, Outside In
By Chris Bates A Guide for Serving It occurred to me some time ago that there is one thing the Disciples did perhaps more than any other. They walked. They walked from city to city, from one home to another. Several of them walked up to Jesus on the...
by mcl | Oct 1, 2017 | Columns, Inspiration, Outside In
By CHRIS BATES Real Answers for Personal Struggle In early September, I got to spend most of a cool, crystal clear Colorado day trout fishing by myself just above 8,000 feet elevation on the Taylor River. There is something about connecting with nature...
