Berry Simpson

       I recently made my annual trip to Colorado for Base Camp Gathering, a men’s weekend with The Noble Heart ministries, at Bear Trap Ranch. It’s my opportunity to …

       One morning, in my Daily Bible, I read a long hammerfest by the prophet Amos against a collection of evil nations: the Syrians, Philistines, Tyre, Edomites, …

       Paul Simon sang, There must be fifty ways to leave your lover, which was a fun song in 1975, but turned out not to be the life I was interested in. I preferred Dan …

       “I’m going to walk” was the first thing I said to a quiet room and sleeping Cyndi. I was still prone in bed, but my inclination was in the direction of getting up. …

       Do you enjoy practicing? As in, music, or dance, or sports … those are the categories I think of most when I hear the word practice. …

       Why is it that the hardest things are often the most fun?        I’m thinking about last week’s bike ride near Durango and how it …

       Last Sunday morning I skipped church and drove to the lake. Not to fish, but to run. I parked in one of the lots on the west side of White Rock Lake in Dallas, …

       It was windy when I left home on my bike last Tuesday for a quick midday ride. But the air was clear; no dust.        To be honest, …

       “Grace abounds through music,” said Manuel Lopez, one of the leaders of Coro Philarmonico, an organization in Guatemala City that rescues kids and young adults …

       My plan, the one I’ve been talking about and writing about for so long, was to spend forty days hiking the Colorado Trail. Instead, I spent six. I was defeated by …

We’re planning to move my dad into Hospice Care tonight, Thursday, March 30. I don’t expect him to last much longer. He hasn’t been able to swallow food or liquids in a week, can’t open …

       We pack our fears. Load too much heavy stuff into our packs, just in case.        It’s the backpacker’s dilemma. …