A return to the call

I have to confess that I don't juggle as well as I'd like to think I can. My life has been busy since my last post in August. Throughout the summer I had set this blog, and posting to it as top on my priority list, and was seeing the fruit of my focus. I was pasting frequently on topics I love, seeing growth in followers and readership, yet I in September I stopped...cold turkey.

I not only stopped writing, I stopped reading what others writing. Beyond my on-line homestead, I also stopped working on StonePath. My interest had waned.

Now before you worry that I've given up on the whole notion of organic growing, and microfarming, I stated the facts above because my attention was pulled to God. My relationship to my King has become increasingly stronger and for some reason, I cannot understand, He is allowing me to be used to further His Kingdom. This has been where my attention has been focused.

I intend to write over the next few weeks about the journey of faith I have been on. It has been an incredible, sometimes scary, ride. God is faithful, He is amazing in His purpose and in His sovereignty. I have been blessed to see Him in action these past months.

So today is a renewed posting. I am posting with a different purpose and we'll see where it goes.

Some news and updates

I'm sorry for the lapse in my posts. I have been side-tracked preparing materials for two ministries projects that I have become involved with, and my free time has suffered a bit.

My wife and I are now leading our church Senior High Youth group. It just started meeting this past Sunday and it's been a wonderful challenge. There has been a lack of good Bible/discipleship training in that group in the past, and we hope to get the group on the right road.

I am also prayfully considering starting a teaching ministry. This ministry would take me to various churches and settings to teach the "whole counsel of God". I am passionate about teaching God's word, and feel an urgency to the Body of Christ. I am seeing a startling rise in Biblical illiteracy in the church, this is a dangerous position as it quickly opens the door to apostasy and more. You only have to look at how the major denominations have traded Biblical truth for political correctness, all in the name of diversity.

Finally, I am going to begin a teaching on the book of Isaiah this fall at Camp Risley. Preparing to teach this book is a huge undertaking, but I love every minute spent in the word.

*****UPDATE on Hope the pig**********

Hope is doing fantastic. She's back at the farm where she was born. We were able to get her weight up over 3 lbs, she is eating grain, and walking all over the place.  Trust me when I say that a toddler pig is worse then a human toddler. She got into everything, so we knew it was time for her to rejoin her brothers and sisters.

A piglet named Hope

What an eventful weekend. I apologize for not adding my normal Sunday praise and worship post, but we were beyond busy this past weekend.

Friday night we went out to my good friends farm to see his new litter of pigs. His pig LuLu had a litter of nineteen piglets. Three were still born and there was one runt.

The runt just wasn't going to make it. The mother did not have enough teats to begin with and this runt was getting shoved aside and it was obvious what her fate would be. We were not going to let that happen. So between my family and another family, we decided to take it upon ourselves to get this piglet "over the hump".

Meet Hope, a very adorable, very hungry piglet. We brought her home Friday evening and commenced the every two hour feeding schedule such a young piglet requires to survive. Every two hours means exactly that, so all through the night my wife and kids would wake up to handle Hope's needs.

What a worthwhile endeavor, despite the sleep deprivation, the kids loved it. My wife took the brunt of the late night feedings saving the early morning feedings for the kids.

Hope seems to be doing very well, although I'd like to see her add some weight, she is a voracious eater. We started her off an a mixture that was found on the Internet, a mix of whole milk, raw egg, and half/half. Later we were able to get some colostrum from a nearby Dairy Farm. This hopefully, will do the trick.

Our friends took over pig raising duties last night to give us some needed rest, and we'll take her back this weekend. The goal is after two to three weeks she'll be strong enough to handle life on the farm.