Deep dive

by | Mar 22, 2017 | BLOG

“After he said these things, Jesus was deeply disturbed and testified, ‘I assure you, one of you will betray me.’” (John 13:21, CEB)My wife and I are a few weeks away from our 23rd wedding anniversary. While we have many wonderful memories of our wedding day, I think...

A surprising new thing

by | Mar 15, 2017 | BLOG

Look! I’m doing a new thing; now it sprouts up; don’t you recognize it? (Isaiah 43:19a, CEB)“How long do you want to keep this car?”Those are words you really don’t want to hear when you take your auto into the mechanic for what you think is just one thing, but turns...

The beauty of being awe-full

by | Mar 1, 2017 | BLOG

I was in show choir in high school (if one searches long enough, one could probably find pictures of the group with the boys wearing powder-blue tuxedos) and one of our big trips was leaving our Iowa small town to come to the big city of Chicago to perform, if I’m...

How was your day?

by | Feb 18, 2017 | BLOG

“Jumping up, he began to walk around. He entered the temple with them, walking, leaping, and praising God.” (Acts 3:8, CEB)I have a wellness app on my phone that measures things like the number of steps I take in a day, whether I eat a healthy breakfast, and how many...

Get in there

by | Feb 15, 2017 | BLOG

I’ve been quoting Bryan Stevenson (founder of Equal Justice Initiative and author of “Just Mercy”) a lot lately, but when you’re inspired by someone or something, you can’t help but share it with others.I heard Bryan speak a couple years and heard his stump speech...

Listening to God

by | Nov 22, 2016 | BLOG

“But you have God-blessed eyes–eyes that see! And God-blessed ears–ears that hear!” (Matthew 13:16, The Message) If you have a smart phone, you may (probably?) have utilized a digital personal assistant. For iPhone users, that assistant is Siri and I think there are...