with Wanda
1 Corinthians 13:4-8 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in… Continue Reading “35 Years Ago”
Deuteronomy 1:6-7 The Lord our God said to us at Horeb, “You have stayed long enough at this mountain. Break camp and advance into the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in the foothills, in the Negev and along the… Continue Reading “When God Says Go”
Philippians 2:5-11 Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being… Continue Reading “HE IS RISEN”
Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Some weeks it feels like everything around me is changing. From friends moving to new towns, to friends taking new jobs, to friends loosing their lives. Nothing feels the same. The comfort of… Continue Reading “Life Changes”
John 4:1-3 The Pharisees heard that Jesus was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John, although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but his disciples. When the Lord learned of this, he left Judea and went back once more to Galilee. The road… Continue Reading “Final Four”
Isaiah 40: 8 The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever. Church life has changed dramatically from when my grandmother attended church, to me growing up in the church, to my daughter’s church experiences. I have a young… Continue Reading “Obsolete Religion”
Proverbs 23:18 There is surely a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off. Is your bracket busted? Our family loves basketball. Every year, we all fill out our bracket and donate $1 in the Playter March Madness pool. It is… Continue Reading “March Madness”
Matthew 7:13-14 Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find… Continue Reading “Traffic Jam”
Ecclesiastes 3:1 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven. Friday while attending a dark sky compliance presentation, I met a college student from LA. She chose to attend a college in Minnesota because she “wanted to experience seasons”.… Continue Reading “Embrace the Season”
John 4:19-24 “Sir,” the woman said, “I can see that you are a prophet. Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.” Jesus declared, “Believe me, woman, a time… Continue Reading “Worship”