The other day, I sat at a stoplight and felt a bit of melancholy with a pang of helplessness. A man standing at the corner, about 55-years-old wearing frayed dress pants, was bundled up with a bright red scarf that matched the color of his face (not uncommon, but to be expected in -10 degrees of this brutally cold and purely murderous…
I was almost forty years old the first time someone prayed aloud on my behalf. Until then my prayers were neither personal nor powerful. Maybe you’ve experienced frustration and weakness in your prayer life too. You don’t sense any answers, you don’t grow in faith, and soon you just give up. My breakthrough…
Does anybody say grace before a meal anymore? Growing up, this was a ritual that occurred at our dinner table.
It’s a simple idea, and a deeply biblical one, woven into the very fabric of the prayer Jesus taught us to pray. “Thy kingdom come.” Praying kingdom come, for God’s will to be done, His kingdom to come…what would that mean? “What would stand and what would fall?” reflects Frederick Buechner. “Who would be welcomed in and who…
I may have made this look way easier than it seems. Perhaps I have mislead you. Stepping out on faith should be easy, but rarely ever is. Our minds get in the way of our hearts. I wonder if the Bible greats like Noah, Moses, David, Paul, the many major and minor prophets, went through the same logical thought processes. I would like to think…
Sometimes Jesus had to escape the masses of people to be in relationship with his Father.
Here’s a typical scenario. The morning alarm goes off—for the third time. You know that you can’t hit the snooze alarm again. You are already late. Something in your morning routine will have to go. Although you know you shouldn’t, you decide that you just don’t have time for your morning devotion of prayer and Bible reading.…
Prayer…that is what we’ve been doing for our three daughters, but more specifically our middle daughter Rianna! This was their first year in public school after me homeschooling them for 8 yrs. Nights leading up to school starting she would ask to pray together. First, we prayed for the change as a whole and that…
for your spouse to feel God’s daily presence for your children to grow up strong in God for neighbors to find Jesus for an unemployed friend to find meaningful work for unsaved family members to come to Christ for the safety of friends and family in the military for healing for a friend suffering illness or injury for the spiritual…
You do not have in mind the things of God, but merely human concerns. – Mark 8:33 The funny thing about the Bible; you can read a story all your life, and still get a new message from what you read. That happened to me this week as I went through Mark 8. There is a moment when Jesus is, very clearly, telling his disciples what his death…
The Chanhassen Dinner Theatre is holding a special performance this Holy Week.
Mr. and Mrs. Bald Eagle are back tending their massive nest and TWO eggs!
Easter is on the way and there are plenty of services and events to check out!
