Posts by KARL HOSTETLER

  Facebook memories never meant much to me.  But now they have become very interesting. Looking back into where I was, one year back, and two years back, what an eventful trip it has become.  It happened twice this month. The first time it happened as I was working on my book. It cracks me up that I would say that, working on my book, well, I…

Back in the day, I used to say I can’t sing, referring to the mediocre, tone deaf, quality of my voice. What I meant was I can't sing well.  But after my stroke, I realized that I couldn't sing at all. Another thing that was lost. I had heard of people who had aphasia who couldn’t talk very well, but they could sing. They would actually sing…

At bible study this week, we were talking about the miracles of Jesus. The question was posed, have you ever seen a miracle? And there was some discussion. Several people recounted something that happened to them that couldn't be explained in natural ways. Maybe it was a miracle? Some other people said they haven’t experienced anything that couldn’t be explained in natural ways. For them, miracles, where…

If you're wondering about the title to this post?  Well, I can't help you there, it just happened two years ago while I was learning to write again.  If you're wondering why I haven't been posting much?  Well, it is because I have been writing chapter one of my book. If you're wondering that there will be a chapter 2?  Well, I am hoping to write a…

My dad stood on the hill with the love of his life. They had hiked up to a knoll which was on the foothills that rose up from the town of Upland. As they stood there, he proclaimed that he wanted to build a house here, here on the hill. No roads to get there, no lot to build on, no utilities were there, nothing but a…

I am now a published author. I wrote something for “Milestones,” the newsletter for Mile High Pines Ministries. Wait, does a newsletter count? A published author, Hmm. Before I post what was published, I have an announcement of sorts. It started a few weeks ago at the support group at Mt Sac college for people with brain injuries, mainly strokes and concussions. We were setting goals for…

If you live in Christian circles you are likely aware of the revival at Asbury University. If not, maybe this is new. In case you wondered, I live in Christian circles, and I like revivals. Because I believe that God works in this world through the changed lives of those who respond to his call. So, I’m following what is going on at Asbury and I wanted…

I have a beautiful mind, and I am so grateful for it. As you read this, it might seem like I am complaining, but I am not, I am thinking about what is happening in my mind. My beautiful mind.  I have always been a ponderer.  I would think about things for a long time. For weeks and months, sometimes years. Having ideas sit there in my…

I had a lightbulb named Bob. It lived in the fan that was over our dining room table. There were four bulbs on the fan. Three of them worked well, but one of them didn’t. It worked intermittently.  I don’t recall how Bob was named. Maybe it was Holly, my daughter, who named it Bob. But somehow, it came to be called Bob. In his defense, it…

The first time I heard the words, deficit remediation, I was doing a personality test called strengthsfinder. I had done several personality tests over my life when I was young.  This was the first one I had done when I was old.  My pastor was getting his masters, and one of his courses required him to be certified to do the strengthsfinder test.  At that time you…