The Middle Place

Here at church, almost every afternoon, we see student drivers practicing their driving skills under the watchful eye of their instructors in the church parking lot.  They will practice winding through the rows, parallel parking and angle parking.  It makes sense to me; It’s a big lot with plenty of room.   I did the same thing when we … More The Middle Place

Created Fresh

And God said, “it is good.”  It is good.  It is amazingly, astonishingly, good.  And we are the beneficiaries of this goodness. The scripture tells us that there is an author, a creator, and that the creator is good. The creator is the source of all things good. The Hebrew word for God is Elohim…Elohim … More Created Fresh

Life Lessons from the Cornfield: Risk vs. Reward

A common business, or investment principle is “risk vs. reward.”  This involves determining how much cost, or risk a businessperson is comfortable taking, in order to maximize the reward.  The bigger the risk, often the bigger the reward.  Of course, the bigger risk also means that the reward might never come: Apple, a computer company … More Life Lessons from the Cornfield: Risk vs. Reward

Seeing Each Other

“If we are to love our neighbors, before doing anything else we must see our neighbors. With our imagination as well as our eyes, that is to say like artists, we must see not just their faces but the life behind and within their faces. Here it is love that is the frame we see … More Seeing Each Other