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Lesson 5 Faith and Escalators:  South Sudan’s first escalator. Author’s note: Read the entire post before you think I’m belittling this sweet woman on her first ride. “We’ve only got three escalators in my good-sized town of 44,000. Two are in working order and is broken. I can’t make fun of anyone,”   It is hard to describe South Sudan. …

Faith: You don’t have to know how it works to ride an escalator “Escalators” Part 4   I stood in line at the airport entrance in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital. A sign stated that the entrance fee was 50 Ethiopian Birr (about $1). I paid the fee and pulled my suitcase into the renovated terminal hall. I stopped in amazement. …

A word from Curt Leaning Trees “When I observe a young person, I experience two strong emotions. First, I feel great affection for the young person they are. Then secondly, I feel a deep respect for the adult they will one day become.” -Louis Pasteur   On the morning before Hurricane Rita arrived, I made one last survey of my …

  How to get on an Escalator  Part 2   We’ll be updating “Escalator Stories” this week at www.creekbank.net Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. -Hebrews 11:1   How do you get on an escalator? Very carefully With faith. Emma, Eliza, and I stood at the foot of the longest, steepest …

How to Ride an Escalator You can keep up with the evolution of this post throughout this week at  www.creekbank.net “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” -Hebrews 11:1   How do you get on an escalator?   Carefully and with faith.   I’m writing this week about an amazing thing called …

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    Scroll down to learn of ways you can be part of The Creek Family. My favorite passage from A Good Place. I read the following story to a senior adult group earlier in the week. One lady laughed so hard that I thought we were going to have to perform the Heimlich Maneuver on her. Here is it …

    Thoughts on Stewardship   Saturday, June 1 It’s the first day of a new month. June 1. It’s the first day of hurricane season. June 1. It’s my birthday. Number 68. 68. That’s a lot of hurricane seasons in Louisiana.   June 1. It could be considered the half mark of the year. It’s a good time to …

  James David Cain Recently, I was privileged to deliver an eulogy at the funeral of James David Cain. Below are my remarks in their entirety.  (I cut most of my speech due to time. That’s what happens when you have too many preachers on stage.) I hope you enjoy these thoughts on a man who helped shape my life. …

“When an old man dies, a library burns.” -African Proverb “. . . precisely like the old-fashioned school-master, of whom it was written, ‘ And still, they gazed, and still the wonder grew, That one small head could carry all he knew.’ ” -Rhyme in old New England primer. I have so many elders who fit those definitions.

Perseverance “Everyone wants a harvest but few are willing to plow.”   Keep going. Keep your hands on the plow.  don’t give up.   Persevere.

  This is a reader favorite from my third book, Wind in the Pines. You can order Wind in the Pines on Amazon. VIEW   Join Curt as he shares at the Creekbank YouTube Channel:   @curtiles56 LISTEN  Listen to the Creekbank  Audio Podcast or at  Spotify: Curt Iles/Creekbank Stories As always, enjoy. Curt Watch out for the Fish It’s trendy …

Hauling Dogs This story is so good that I didn’t have to make it up. I’m staying with my Mom this week and she is regaling me with stories. The following may be my favorite: When our family moved to Dry Creek in 1960, we had one vehicle, a beat-up GMC truck.  My Mom, who has always had a travel …

  Thoughts on Turning 68   And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, “Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me . . .”  I Chronicles 4:10   I turn 68 in a couple of weeks. Now, I’m not planning on going anywhere, but I’m in a season …