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Nov 2022
Have you ever had a time when you have wanted to avoid a conversation with someone because you just knew it was not going to go well? Maybe it was something that hurt you or aggravated you, maybe it was something that concerned you yet you felt it didn’t bother the other person, or so it seemed. Proverbs 15:1 gives us some good advice when times like these arise, “A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.” In Hebrew the word for “gentle” in this verse is......
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Being A Disciple
We just returned from another wonderful, faith-building youth mission trip and we had a great time. Seven youth and five adult leaders traveled to western Kentucky for seven days of fun, fellowship, work, and...
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Faith In Action
For a number of years, I have been involved with an organization called Faith in Action. It is a national community organizing network that gives people of faith the tools that they need to...
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The Question of Morality
What is Morality? “We have been called on to live differently than the world around us. We are called to be in it without being like it.” If you are looking up the definition...
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What Is Real Love?
February has always been a very special month for me, not only is it the month of my birth, but it’s also the month most often associated with love. It is a time of...
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A Harvest of Righteousness
Does it ever bother you when there is a problem, and no one does anything about it? I remember when I was young and seeing others bullied at school, it seemed at the time...
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How To Get More Done
Is your world becoming busier and busier all the time? Having a hard time finding the time to get those necessary items off your to do list? Well maybe you should pray more about...
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Trust Your Journey
By the time you read this article, I will be riding my bicycle across the state of Iowa. This is what the website says about it, “RAGBRAI, Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa,...
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Practice Getting Uncomfortable
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a Lutheran pastor and theologian. He was also part of the anti-Nazi resistance and died by hanging as a POW at the age of 39. He had a rich spiritual life...
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Trust Yourself…
In the book of Galatians, chapter 3 we read that those who have faith are children of Abraham. Of course to the early believers in Galatia, obeying the Old Testament law was part of...
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