God Be With You Did you know the word, “Goodbye” is simply a shortened form of, “God Be With You”?  In this way, goodbye could be said as a blessing.   As Lori and I are soon to leave and start a ministry with the people at Grace in Maple Grove, we leave and say goodbye… Read More »

Hearts Burning Over Easter As we march through these weeks toward our celebration of Easter, I’d like to mention a couple of verses from Luke 24.  This section addresses a time after Jesus had been crucified but before people realized He had risen from the dead.   As two disciples of Jesus were walking down the… Read More »

Giving Jesus the Perfect Birthday Gift As our celebration of Christmas begins, we may be thinking of the gifts we plan to give our family and friends. The tradition of gift-giving came to us from the example of the Magi, or Wise Men from the East, who brought gifts and laid them before Jesus on… Read More »

Our Month of Thanksgiving There are two ways to approach this thanksgiving month:  We can say with a question, “This month, a time to be thankful?”; Or we can approach this month declaring, “This month, a time to be thankful!” It’s like this:  In Budapest, a man goes to the rabbi and complains, “Life is… Read More »

In one of his books, Robert Schuller notes that everyone has been wounded at some time or another. He points out even Jesus had wounds:  He was wounded in his ankles where the nail went through; in the palms of His hands which were also pierced by nails; in the forehead that was scared by… Read More »

Rally Sunday Our eagerly awaited Rally Sunday is just around the corner!  On September 8th, with Sunday School at 9:30 and Worship at 10:30, we kick start a new season of fellowship, growth, and service as we come together to launch our church programs for the year. Rally Sunday is a celebration of the unity… Read More »

A man was driving along the highway, when he saw the Easter Bunny hopping across the middle of the road. He swerved to avoid hitting the Bunny, but unfortunately the rabbit jumped in front of his car and was hit. The basket of eggs went flying all over the place. Candy, too. The driver, being… Read More »

Born to Die When I was living in Tioga, I put up a Christmas light display that was a bit controversial. I really went all out that year hanging Christmas lights everywhere  — thousands of them  – on the roof, around the windows, on the shrubs. A actually built a 30 foot canopy of lights… Read More »

For our adult Sunday School, we have been studying the book of 1 Thessalonians under the video teaching of Ben Stewart.   Last week, as Ben was explaining the verses  – “Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18), he said… Read More »

“God Is For Us” I remember back years ago we were in the van traveling someplace as a family when my little daughter wiggled her way to the front of the van to ask me a question.   She asked, “Dad, who do you like better, me or the devil?” I turned to her wondering why… Read More »