As a child, growing up in church, we sang from hymnals. Very old-school – of course since I’m old, it wasn’t considered old-school then....

Did you know that there are over 50 ways to say “Thank you!” Seriously – you can actually google it. They include: I’m so grateful. I...

Summer is in full swing and one of Jon’s favorite things about summer in the mid-west was fireflies. There’s just something special...

Summer is officially here. The kids are out of school and vacation time is on everyone’s minds. As a kid, my family took a lot of “road...

In 2000 the show “Survivor “ debuted on TV. While not the first of its kind, Survivor set the stage for a new type of entertainment. ...

In early 2021, Netflix release a movie called “Yes Day.” The premise was fairly simple. A Dad and Mom give their three children 24...

This week while scrolling through Facebook, I came across a post that was shared by a college friend. This post included a short...

I think we can all agree that life can be fickle. One day everything is sunshine and roses and the next you might find yourself in the...

This week Jon and I would have celebrated our 40th Anniversary. It would have been the celebration of a significant milestone in our...

On January 10, 2022, Jon and I came down with a horrible case of the flu (or so we thought). We later found out that we both had COVID....

In Mark 9:14-24, we find the account of a man desperate for Jesus to heal his son. In verse 23 – we see the promise that “Everything is...

Happy New Year! Today, 2022 has officially began. Each year, at this time, people all around the world are setting goals and making...

One of our favorite holiday past times is to watch Christmas movies. We start our holiday movie binge sometime after Thanksgiving and...

Back in the seventies Kodak Company launched an advertisement campaign for their Trimline cameras with the motto “Kodak cameras. The gift...

” … and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.” Acts 11:26 For a while I’ve been hearing people say things like, “I don’t...

It was 1979 and somehow, I had come to be, not only in a church service, but standing at an altar with a bunch of other people who had...

This week, the topic of fear has been on my heart and mind. Over the past 20 months fear has taken root in many as we’ve watched as the...

Since the time when man (and woman) was ejected from the garden, there have always been people, though certainly not all people, who have...

A few weeks ago, during our small group study on Romans, Jon asked “What is the Gospel?” This question was prompted by Paul’s statement...

I saw a meme the other day that took me back to the days of my childhood and playground equipment that was long ago declared too...