Tag Archives: Nature

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Needing the Lonely Place

From Dean Ohlman on March 14, 2012

Luke 5:16 speaks about Jesus going into the wilderness to pray. When I looked up the verse in my Bible software, I discovered that several biblical translators found in the original language a sense that this was a regular occurrence … Continue reading »

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Majesty, Worship His Majesty

From Dean Ohlman on March 11, 2012

These words from the lyrics written by Jack Hayford come to my mind when the sun returns from the south and brings with it the gifts of spring. Although there can hardly be a more dramatic change created by spring … Continue reading »

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Losing Our Joy in Nature

From Dean Ohlman on March 9, 2012

In Pollution And The Death Of Man: The Christian View Of Ecology, published over forty years ago, Francis Schaeffer recounted that Charles Darwin near the end of his life found that two things had become dull to him: his joy … Continue reading »

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Olfactory Adventures

From Dean Ohlman on March 5, 2012

Marge likes to tell the story of an episode from our first year of marriage. (Of course those early years are the ones in which you learn lots of things about your spouse you never knew!). As she tells it, … Continue reading »

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The Technological Bluff

From Dean Ohlman on February 26, 2012

One of the values of the wild is that helps put technology in its place. One way to understand this is to imagine yourself on a remote wooded ridge—say somewhere in the Ozarks. You’re suddenly engulfed by a violent thunderstorm, … Continue reading »