Tag: Christianity

For All the Saints

November 2, 2025

Jerry Buegler.  Elmer Buegler.  Gertrude Buegler.  Grace Moody.  Elliott Moody.  Lyle Tjosaas.  Carol Tjosaas.  Phillip Moody.  Charles Moody.  Jim Campbell.  Kimberly Devine-Johnson.  Tom Hunstad.  Matthias Meester.  Robert Roubik.   These are my names.  The names of people, precious to me, who over the years I have lost.  These are my names. You have your names.  Your own list of people that you have known and loved, and who have died in faith.  When … More For All the Saints

Together for Good

October 19, 2025

When I was a kid, my family had one of those big, clunky console televisions. People of a certain age will remember them. They weighed as much as a small car. The screen was this big, but the heavy wooden cabinet was this big. Every so often the picture would get fuzzy or the sound would cut out. We’d … More Together for Good

The Generous Life

October 12, 2025

226 years ago, in the year 1799, a twelve-year-old boy named Conrad Reed, skipped Sunday School to go fishing. He found a place to fish along Little Meadow Creek on his family’s farm in North Carolina. While standing by the creek, young Conrad saw what he thought was a “yellow rock shining in the water.” … More The Generous Life

Rooted in Love

September 21, 2025

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, to whom you belong. Amen. A friend of mine up in the Twin Cities once told me about his attempt to join a local pickleball league. (Anybody here ever play Pickleball?). He had seen the game, thought it … More Rooted in Love

To Be Trinity

September 7, 2025

I recently read a story about a family that left their church one Sunday, and as they got into the car, the critiques started rolling in like they were filling out a review on Yelp: The list of pros and cons just kept coming. Finally, their eight-year-old piped up from the back seat and said, “Well, what … More To Be Trinity

Turn Your Face

June 29, 2025

A farmer was teaching his young son how to plow.  As his son sat in the tractor seat, his dad pointed to the far end of the field.  “Now, son,” he said, “What you have to do is keep you eyes on one point at the far end of the field.  Just focus on that one thing and … More Turn Your Face

One Meal at a Time

April 6, 2025

Have you ever experienced a really good meal?  I mean really good?  A meal that stands out…a meal that you remember.  We all know that a great meal…is not simply about the food……though having good food certainly helps. No, a great meal is much more than that. A great meal is good food…and, it is good people.  I have a group … More One Meal at a Time

This is the Way

March 30, 2025

Grace and Peace to you from God our creator, and from Jesus, the one who is the way.  Amen. Lori and I have been rewatching the TV series from the early 2000’s called “The West Wing.”  It is the story of a fictional presidential administration, and all of the staff who work within the west wing of … More This is the Way