Most of us have heard the story of Joni Eareckson Tada. The story of her life is a great read, and the movie of her life is better yet. Her dive into a body of water that was shallower than she expected, left her with a broken neck. She has lived her entire life as a quadriplegic. Despite that, she […]
Before my dad was married, he lived with his parents and some of his brothers in the little village of Apgar, in Glacier National Park. My Uncle, his eldest brother Earl, had a cabin court just as you enter Apgar called “Moose Cabins.” As a family, we spent a lot of time visiting and camping. My […]
Our emotional life becomes the vehicle for various feelings to run through our life. Our emotions can carry joy and peace, but life can change as quickly as you read this, and our emotions can carry guilt and fear. Emotions are powerful and tend to control our thought life and […]
We had been out of college for about two years. We were in our first Pastorate, in a small dairy community in the Midwest. We were expecting our first child with much anticipation. My wife woke me up in the middle of the night and told me something was wrong […]
One of the difficulties in relating to God is His timelessness. We measure everything by time, from minutes on our phones to years in our lives. As we move through time, we gather things; opinions, actions, education, relationships, and the list goes on. As we assimilate life and all it […]
The stories that are in the Bible are put there by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, as the Holy Spirit inspired the writers. The Apostle Paul says in 1 Timothy 3:16; “All scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for reproof for correction, for training in […]
It is of interest to me, as I study the Bible, how God has revealed Himself to humanity. In the first 11 chapters of the Bible, we have an overview of God’s creative power and the development of nations. However, as you open chapter 12, you observe God revealing Himself […]
We live in a beautiful part of the world. It is easy to take what we see on a daily basis and ignore it or just take it for granted. The best way for me to charge my emotional batteries is to get out into the many beautiful places that […]
Some years ago, my wife and I were in Munich, Germany as a part of a larger trip we were on. While there, we had the opportunity to visit the Nazi death camp of Dachau. It is just a few miles out of the city. It was extremely sobering to […]
I have studied my Bible on a very regular basis over my entire life. It has taken me time to observe the plan of God, as He reveals Himself through the written word. I believe the written Word becomes the Living Word as I allow the Holy Spirit to penetrate […]