Some Unusual Traveling Companions

The trails within the Sequoia National Forest are decorated with signs that are less than comforting to the novice outdoorsman. In bold letters they proclaim: WARNING, BEAR COUNTRY!. Below these words are instructions of how one can minimize the possibility of having a personal, face to face encounter with a bear.

I take these signs very, very seriously. Having grown up in a part of the world where bears were only found on television, I have some preconceived ideas of what bears are like. Most of them are a sort of a hairy, ten-foot tall, great white shark on legs. Their favorite dish is camper wrapped in flannel, as in sleeping bag lining.

Because I know how ferocious bears are I make my family take every precaution possible to minimize the chance of a bear encounter. Every scrap of food is either burned or locked away in air-tight containers in the trunk of the car. My three girls then search every square inch of the campsite for any scraps that could entice a bear to come calling during the night. Finally, as a last act before bed time, I take the clothes we have worn through the day, clothes that may harbor a scent of food, and lock them away as well.

-- Uncommon Adventures
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When you follow Christ by faith, what can you expect from God? Where will He take you? What will He do in your life? What kind of complications can you expect from the hand of God? Uncommon Adventures explores all of these and more. Discover why Bookstore Journal called this "a must read for every new Christian." Published by Moody Publishers (1996).



If you follow Christ by faith, where will he take you? This question turned over and over in my head as God led my family and I on a cross country adventure of faith. We left the safety and security (and steady income) of the church in California I served as pastor to follow God's will 2300 miles away. Neither my wife or I had any prospect of a job when we moved, nor had we ever laid eyes on the apartment to which we were moving. I knew God wanted me to go back to school in Louisville, Kentucky. All along the way I wondered what on earth we were getting ourselves into. And this question kept ringing in my ears, "When you follow Christ by faith, what can you expect from God?"

The mystery eventually faded from our adventure. I thought God wanted me to pursue a doctorate, instead he wanted me to take one class in grad school. The class focused on writing as a vocation. One day after listening to the professor talk about how he put together the idea that became his first book, the question that had been ringing in my ears for months finally gelled. I sat down on a bus stop bench and wrote the outline that became Uncommon Adventures. 21 publishing houses turned the book down before Moody Publishers decided to take a chance on an unknown writer from Indiana.






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