A friend of ours was recently baptized at Flora Pool. Two things stuck out to me from her baptism. First, during her testimony she said,...

As I was casually listening to music the other day, I heard this song that stopped me in my tracks: Listening closely to the lyrics, this...

“So you’ve been hit by a Mack truck; why are you laying in the street refusing to get in the ambulance?” “Because I SHOULD NEVER HAVE...

I’ve never been a runner, but last fall I decided to set a goal of running a ½ marathon in 2019. Some days that sounds stupid to me;...

read this blog... listen to this podcast... go to this conference... listen to this music... buy this book... sponsor a child in...

I had a 1965 Covair. It was such a cool car. It had a lot of issues though. First, it was pink when I bought it. That was not going to...

The other day one of my BFF's asked me what I wanted to do for my upcoming birthday & how old I was going to be. I had to stop and...

I was in Mexico on our mission trip this past summer. It was a great 10 days. Each morning I would get up and go to the top of the...

It was the day before school started. Everywhere we went, to anyone who brought up school starting the next day he quickly returned, “I...

For the past month we have been going through a study of the book of James together as a church. Week after week the same theme keeps...

Seems summer has arrived! Kids are out of school and yet life is not slowing down. I am really determined to enjoy my summer and slow it...

“Never ruin an apology with an excuse.” –Benjamin Franklin 3 words that can change the course of mankind. How many difficult situations...

I have been waiting with great excitement for Bob Goff's new book, "Everybody Always", to be released. It finally arrived in the mail!! I...

What a great night we had the other night. Our Prime Timers (55+ group) and our High School students got together for dinner. It was...

I was six years old. Grandma and Grandpa had come to visit from Iowa, so I’d been displaced to a sleeping bag on the living room floor. I...

On March 10th we had a seminar at Hope Church, "Faith & Leadership in the Workplace". I was so excited for this event mainly because of...

Job vs. Joy We have all been around people who always have a smile on their face. Not a fake smile but a genuine, "I am enjoying life"...

As you have probably heard this past week Reverend Billy Graham died, as he would say, his home was in heaven and he was just passing...

“You can’t follow without walking.” I read that sentence in my devotional today; so obvious, so simple, but so profound: Following...