Articles from the 'Council Fire' series


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  • A Father's Laugh

    Updated Sep 16, 2026

    What's the biggest mistake you have ever made? Sometimes we perceive our mistakes as bigger than they really are. That feeling when you think you have completely wrecked something is not a good place to be. Two times come to my mind. The first one happened when I was still learning how to drive. We were out on my dad's trapline, hunting and trapping beaver. We had this huge Chevy Suburban that needed to be moved, and I volunteered to do it. I had it in reverse, and my dad was...

  • Runt of the Litter

    Updated Jul 21, 2026

    She was the tiniest puppy of the litter. Her brothers and sisters would push her away and mama wouldn't let her eat. One of the kids in the house tried to feed her with a doll bottle, but that didn't work out so well. When I first saw this skinny little "runt of the litter," I wanted her. It didn't matter that she was malnourished, thin and kind of sickly-I still wanted her! After the "rescue operation," and when this impoverished puppy finally made her home at our place,...

  • Are You Living in the Past, Present or Future?

    Updated Jan 15, 2026

    "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Matthew 6:34 (NIV) Many people are not living for today. That includes me, at times. The enemy would love for us to live either in the past or in the future. It is so easy to live in the past, and we could be living with much regret . . . "If I only I had done it this way, if only I hadn't done that." You can be so busy thinking about what you did or didn't...