by Laurel Mountain Ministries | Sep 16, 2026 | Inspiration From The Mountain
About eighty yards behind the campus chapel at Laurel Mountain Ministries, near the edge of the woods, sits a small Prayer Garden. Wood-chip paths wind through bushes and flower gardens that change with the seasons. A few small trees provide shade. Two large pieces of...
by Laurel Mountain Ministries | Sep 14, 2026 | Inspiration From The Mountain
So, when does doing the right thing become the wrong thing? Peter faced that question on a rooftop in Joppa. He went there to pray while someone downstairs prepared his meal. Waiting, Peter grew hungry, but before the food arrived, God interrupted his prayers with a...
by Laurel Mountain Ministries | Sep 9, 2026 | Inspiration From The Mountain
There are seasons in life when we do not know what to do next. We may have plans, hopes, and dreams, but suddenly something changes. A door closes. An opportunity does not come. A prayer seems unanswered. We find ourselves standing at a crossroads, wondering which...
by Laurel Mountain Ministries | Sep 2, 2026 | Inspiration From The Mountain
“Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation…” (Jude 3, NKJV) It was Saturday afternoon, and I sat at the picnic table next to the podcast studio near the top of the Mountain. A summer afternoon breeze made our outdoor meeting of...
by Laurel Mountain Ministries | Aug 24, 2026 | Inspiration From The Mountain
I’m not a very good texter. There’s a reason for that. During my years practicing law, I never conducted business by text. A text created a written record of a client conversation. Someone could glance over my shoulder in public and read it. If I lost my phone,...
by Laurel Mountain Ministries | Aug 18, 2026 | Inspiration From The Mountain
“Not far.” “Not long.” During the times I ministered in Haiti, I heard those two expressions more times than I could count. At first, I assumed they meant the same thing they meant at home. I quickly learned otherwise. When I asked how far we needed to walk to reach a...
