Do you remember those days back in high school when the teacher returned the graded tests you and your classmates worried over the day...

Oh the Pain! As I live longer upon this earth I experience more of the things it has to offer. That is not necessarily a good thing as...

The 1/22/2025 Trying to Walk article, “The Great Divide,” provides a helpful foundation for this article. It adds a basis for...

I’m a mountain man. No, not a Jeremiah Johnson type. I mean I love mountains. Some of you are probably familiar with the Continental...

On a warm spring day in 1959, four 10 yr old boys found a lone skunk minding its own business on a bluff in the plains of eastern...

In 1 Kings 18:19-40 we are given an account of a very interesting event. I ask you to read these verses as there is not room to...

“One thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the...

About 60 miles north of Jerusalem, in a region called Galilee, a village of about 400 people sat nestled on the gently sloped western...

Why did God wait thousands of years before sending His Son to earth to redeem sinful mankind? Using Bishop Usher’s chronology (which is...

I'm not necessarily disagreeing with the old adage, "Where there's smoke there's fire." I'm saying there's a little more to it. If you...

King of my life I crown thee now, thine shall the glory be." You may recognize these words from the hymn, "Lead Me to Calvary." The...

A little over a year ago, when I began this “Trying to Walk” blog, I had no idea how any of this would go. I’ve managed to stay in...

"Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before Him with thanksgiving and...

Not too many years ago I wanted to write a book. I had a plot, a title, and a cast of characters to bring it all to life. I was excited...

We are all familiar with the story of Cain and Abel, although we don’t know why God did not regard Cain’s offering as He did Abel’s. God...

In John 18:36 , Jesus says, “ My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight . . . But...

Many people become atheists first and search for reasons to justify the choice later. Some o f the things they have to accept...

It is a popular notion among people in our modern world that science and Christianity, or science and God stand in opposition to each...

Every now and then a blog topic grabs hold of you before you have time to think about it. This week's topic chose me. I didn't choose...

In the early 1860’s the McCoy family lived mostly on the Kentucky side of the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy river, and the Hatfields lived...