Author Archives: Stephen Nielsen

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https://studyingprayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/labor-job.jpg 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…

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https://studyingprayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/covid-19-china-to-ny.jpg 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…

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https://studyingprayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/1129.jpg 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…

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https://studyingprayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/033-2.jpg 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…

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https://studyingprayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/031.jpg 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…

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https://studyingprayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/007-1.jpg 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…

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https://studyingprayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/009-2.jpg Crooked Tree As you can see, this is diffidently a crooked tree. And notice that it is in the swamp. https://studyingprayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/011-2.jpg A leaning tree. This tree is not so raggedy, but it is bent…

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https://studyingprayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/001-2.jpg In this comic strip, Jeremy seems to be trying to get out of work. On the other hand, he may have a point. I think we should be very careful about making plans and…

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https://studyingprayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/church-cl.jpg A protestant church at Camp Lejeune. During the day, every day we would be training for war. Even though I just got back from Vietnam and only had six months left of my enlistment,…