Author Archives: Arlan

Great Expectations

Today I visited the first house church I have found in this area. I could not tell you tonight whether it’s the beginning of answered prayer or of great dissappointment. In this part of the country, everyone knows the whole countryside from their youth, so the concept of road signs is not really understood. There are road signs; some little Read More


How shall I describe this?

I hit a really hard time in my life a few years back when the love of God seemed like a bitter joke. You could say God’s love was a fact, and I could shrug and agree with you. They say the earth revolves around the sun, too, far above the thin layer of my life upon the earth. I Read More


Loneliness

Loneliness is looking for someone to share your dessert with and finding no one.


Chili Impromptu

Discovered in the freezer when arriving home: chicken, beef, mixed bell pepper, corn, a remnant of blueberries. Put the frozen chicken in a pot over low heat, cover, and ignore it for half an hour or so, until the chicken is thawing out. Peer in at it. Flip it over maybe. Put some frozen corn in there too, and cover Read More