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Readings from the Book of Creation


Fossil Rock
In 2019 on a vacation trip to south Texas, I stumbled upon a fossil rock that has fascinated me ever since. I have been able to identify...
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Jan 7, 20242 min read


First Impressions
Over the past summer we had an extremely long dry spell. For a period of over two hot months, we had less than one-tenth of an inch of...
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Jan 7, 20242 min read


Eternity In Our Hearts
From my youngest days, I have been interested in astronomy. Before the expansion of light pollution, when the skies were clear and dark,...
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Do Not Be Afraid
Last year our daughter and I climbed The Pinnacle on Crowders Mountain just west of Charlotte. It is a beautiful mountain which took over...
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Decoration or Declaration
After I took this picture, I went to the Merlin app which identifies birds from a photograph or from their songs. Since this one was not...
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Jan 7, 20242 min read


Cramming for the Final
One of the reasons we moved to North Carolina was because we missed the season changes in Florida. After thirty years in Minnesota where...
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Jan 7, 20242 min read


Clouds at Sunrise
What does it take to have a beautiful sunrise? If the sky is cloudless, the sunrise will be pretty but often does not stand out as...
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Burning Bushes
After I took this picture and realized what I had, there was only one title I could give to it: “The Burning Bush.” While the bush is not...
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Ash Wednesday
Last fall I found this deer skull on one of my walks through the woods. Part of it was sticking out from under the leaves and as I...
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Jan 7, 20242 min read


Perseverance – “Don’t Let the World Squeeze You into Its Mold”
Years ago, when I was teaching a Sunday School lesson on Romans 12:2, the illustration of the world squeezing you into its mold was a...
Jay Steele
Dec 15, 20232 min read
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