Benaiah had stopped on the trail he was using to check the wind, watch his back trail and reminisce for a moment about Al’asad. And their first encounter. Today was very much like that day. Quiet and snowy. Benaiah’s heart was heavy this day. He…
Benaiah and Baladi Al’asad Ch. 2 'Their Introduction'
Just as Benaiah was rising up, drawing his bow, he heard a faint…Â The lion was on him before he knew it! The force of being hit in the back sent his spear and bow out of reach. As he was a seasoned fighter he went…
Benaiah and Baladi Al’asad Ch. 1 Benaiah, son of Jehoiada
The recounting of Benaiah, son of Jehoiada in the Bible has stuck with me ever since I read of him. The story most people remember of him is that he went down in a pit and killed a lion on a snowy day. Something kept…
Benaniah – The Game of ‘Janbiya’ Fictional account of the life and times of Benaniah
After tending to so many animals for the sacrifices and hunting wild animals both large and small, Benaniah would have developed a great respect both for the animals themselves and for God’s creation. At about the age of fourteen after seeing so many animals killed,…
The Emerging Man Chronicles: 2016 March When you enter His Presence . . . . .
Before I get too far ahead of myself I would like to say what the overriding Goal for the year was. I wanted to follow in my big brother Jesus’s foot steps. Like I did when I was a kid with my older brother Tony.…
The Emerging Man Chronicles: 2016 February Good Thing it's a Short Month
When you research jumping rope the only thing better for you is swimming. One guy had a jump rope, work out, centered around 1950’s music. He had a ‘tempo’ work out for each song that you had to do for the whole 3 minute song.…
The Emerging Man Chronicles: 2016 January, A Year in Review Change Your Mind
Daniel Chapter 9 “3Â So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in fasting, and in sackcloth and ashes. 23Â As soon as you began to pray, a word went out,” As soon as you change your mind God is…
When We Were Lions: Ch. 3 It was the best of times, It was........... the best of times!
That’s Coach, upper right, white shirt, red stripe. That’s me, bottom row, black hair, glasses, fifth in from the right. I never made it into wrestling season, but I did learn something very important from Coach during 8th grade wrestling. I wrote about it in…
When We Were Lions: Ch. 2 Champion For a Day... Champion For Life???
We made it to the city league championship game. We were in the ‘away’ dug out in Hatten Park Stadium. This park was built back in the thirties during the depression. It is HUGE! 470′ to dead center. My grandpa worked on it for one…
When We Were Lions: Ch. 1 A Coach by any other name....... is still a Coach
I would like to honor my Little League Baseball, Middle School Football and Freshman Wrestling, coach. Coach Dean Peterson. After my Mom and Dad, Coach Peterson was the most influential person in my life. Because of him I have a very high regard for coaches…