Author Archives: Stephen Nielsen

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Every couple weeks or so I like to walk along the Mississippi River on this trail. In this photo I am looking back from where I just walked. Usually the trail is rugged, but here…

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When faced with a very negative situation, I think its always good to find something to lift your spirits. These comics did it for me. They made me laugh.

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Laborers on a construction site. I forgot to mention in my last blog who the next Nav rep was after Doug Benshoof. It was Harvey Cox. Harv didn’t have the same evangelism gift that Doug…

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Chinese traveling from China to New York and around the World. Just today I read that Peter Navarro, the Presidents top aid, suggested that for two months the Chinese hid the Covid-19 virus from the…

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The two people in the Navigators that most influenced my life were Michael Ryan and Doug Benshoof. Let me start with Doug Benshoof, the Nav rep. I don’t know why, but he chose me several…

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This is Doug Benshoof, his two kids, and his wife Betty. It wasn’t long before my enlistment in the Marines came to an end, and I quickly decided to stay with the Navigators. The Nav…

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For some reason I really like this photo. I have often past by this small tree next to that old telephone pole with the old spikes, and I usually always see little birds like these…

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I knew nothing about the Navigators, but it didn’t take long to find out about them. In the very first meeting of singing, teaching and fellowship, Dave Kutche, the Nav leader introduced me to Michael…

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Crooked Tree As you can see, this is diffidently a crooked tree. And notice that it is in the swamp. A leaning tree. This tree is not so raggedy, but it is bent over. It…