Did you ever have one of those days when everything seems to go wrong--and sometimes the wrong lasts more than a few days?It all started when we were driving home from our holidays on Manitoulin Island. Approximately twenty kilometers from where we stayed, I noticed...
Psalm 60:4 I long to dwell in your tent forever and take refuge in the shelter of your wings.Things didn’t go according to plan at a wedding in Scotland yesterday. A tame owl had been specially trained to carry the wedding rings and land on a perch beside the outside...
We had been stuck for nearly an hour behind a broken down tram in De Hanne, Belgium (See The Stumbling Block: The Tram to De Panne, En Panne! Fearless Victory Series, Part 4), but thanks to the persistence of our tram driver, we were back on the rail again. The only...
Gasoline-driven vehicles are prohibited in Zermatt, home of the world-famous Matterhorn, and when this is where our route took us, we were forced to leave our car in Täsch and take a short train ride up a beautiful valley. Funny how the air seemed fresher in this...
While on a recent trip to New Zealand, my wife and I encountered an unusual specie of birds. It wasn't their appearance that attracted us to them, rather, their kamikaze tactics. While we were driving full-speed down the road, they would fly to that road surface, just...
It had been a fun flight to New Zealand's south island, but now, our very first full day, the first problem pushed up its ugly head. I had left my printed itinerary at home by mistake. Because of the numerous emails I had printed up before leaving home, we would be...
We have addressed several ways to successfully resist the temptations that ravage our souls. However it would be dangerous to rely on our own efforts, which could become our own stumbling blocks!As we tracked our way through the Forest of Lothlorien, where parts of...