September 2013: Anniversary Issue

Happy Fourth Anniversary! Note:  The Traveler is normally 3 pages; this month it is 5 pages since it’s our fourth anniversary edition] In the first issue of The Traveler in September 2009, we wrote:  Each of us is a traveler through the eons of time and beyond—into our final, eternal state of being!  It’s a journey, a sojourn.  And for allContinue reading “September 2013: Anniversary Issue”

August 2013: God Speaks. God Hears.

[Normally, each month’s issue of The Traveler is only 3 pages.  Last month, I began a two-part series about prayer.  In order to conclude the series this month, this issue is 4 pages.] Humans cannot “construct” any barriers that keep out, limit, or “block” prayer . . . except sin in our lives.  And sinContinue reading “August 2013: God Speaks. God Hears.”

June 2013: Kingdom of God No.5

Enter Here Jesus taught many truths about the Kingdom of God during the last three and a half years of his life while He was here on earth 2,000 years ago.  One important truth He taught about the Kingdom of God was that it was still to come in the future, yet, it was already hereContinue reading “June 2013: Kingdom of God No.5”

May 2013: Kingdom of God #4

 Were you one of those high school or college students who hated history, feeling it was boring and useless to learn?  Not me!  I love history, but I understand many people don’t think history is important.  Would it help you to think of it a little differently if you thought of history as “His-story”?  That’s really whatContinue reading “May 2013: Kingdom of God #4”

April 2013: Kindom of God No.3

No, this issue isn’t about a new 3D  science fiction movie in which horrible, giant alien fungi attack planet earth.  But it is about fungi.  Did you know that common household yeast (a form of fungi) is referred to many times in the Bible?  It’s called “leaven,” an older word for yeast.  Jesus referred to leaven inContinue reading “April 2013: Kindom of God No.3”

March 2013: Kingdom of God: #2

I’ve just returned home from a funeral of a friend with whom I served in the Army National Guard. The funeral blended Roman Catholic tradition with that of Native American Lakota Sioux tradition.  It was a beautiful and meaningful funeral, a great way of honoring my friend’s life.  At the funeral, I was reminded once againContinue reading “March 2013: Kingdom of God: #2”

February 2013: Kingdom of God #1

Can we be in two places at once.  Yes!  How?  I’ll tell you later on in this issue or in next month’s. But first I want you to ponder a few questions:  What’s your vision for your life?  What’s your purpose in life?  What’s your mission?  Why are you here on planet earth? Why areContinue reading “February 2013: Kingdom of God #1”

January 2013: Happy New Year!

 You’ve seen it on television . . . people on South Pacific islands celebrating the new year  first, then Australia, then New Zealand, and finally the big ball dropping in Times Square in New York City with thousands of people shouting the countdown from the number 10.  What really changes for YOU at that pivotal moment in time—atContinue reading “January 2013: Happy New Year!”

December 2012: Happy Birthday, Jesus

Happy Birthday, Jesus! You do know, don’t you, that Jesus was not born on December 25th? Most likely He was born either in the late spring or early fall.  The date of December 25th was arbitrarily borrowed from a winter festival celebrated by the ancient Romans.  But I’m not on a one-man crusade to do away with celebrating Jesus’ birthContinue reading “December 2012: Happy Birthday, Jesus”

November 2012: Apocalypse No! #2

Stop The Madness! NOTE:  This is the conclusion of a two-part series I began last month.   I love watching some episodes of the old “Friends” TV sitcom.  In one episode, five of the six friends were arguing and yelling at one another.  Finally, the sixth friend, Phoebe, screamed at the other five: “Stop the madness!” It wasContinue reading “November 2012: Apocalypse No! #2”