Posts by KARL HOSTETLER

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…

My life is fragile. It is not robust. I have been thinking about my life, my fragile life.  I remember that day after my stroke when several people came to my house to pray for me. As we talked, I was asked what I wanted them to pray for. My left eye, my numbness, my strength, they wanted some guidance as they prayed. My answer was this:…

I have been playing instead of writing. Playing in the garage making something pretty cool.   This is a 1/10 scale model of the highest platform of the bridge. The bridge that I have been doing some design work on. On the elevation it is labeled “L”.  For the last year I have been working, very sporadically, on designing and resiteing the bridge. It took 8 trips…