More Than Bread 2/29/08

Psalm 121:1-41 I lift up my eyes to the hills— where does my help come from? 2 My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth. 3 He will not let your foot slip— [...]

More Than Bread 2/27/08

Job 12:2-52 “Doubtless you are the people, and wisdom will die with you! 3 But I have a mind as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know all [...]

Curling update

OK. There are probably one or two folks out there who are curious to know about my curling experience. I had fun, but I am a little sore. I learned very quickly that there is a lot of difficulty in doing this right. I had a very patient teacher who taught [...]

Are you serious about evangelism?

I posted some of these same thoughts at my other blog, but I wanted to place them here as well becuase I think it is very important.Evangelism is one of those things that we all know we need to do, but many of us put off doing.  I for one have used more excuses than [...]

The work of evangelism

As most of you know, I am almost done with my bachelor’s degree.  One of the final classes I am taking is a course on evangelism.  Evangelism is one of those things that we all know we need to do, but many of us put off doing.  I for one have used more excuses than [...]

More Than Bread 2/26/08

Romans 12:1515 Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.
This verse really struck a chord with me. I did my first ever funeral as a pastor on Monday. It was for a lady who didn’t have much family around and whose children no longer have anything to do with her. [...]

More Than Bread 2/25/08

2 Corinthians 5:11-1511 Since, then, we know what it is to fear the Lord, we try to persuade men. What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your conscience. 12 We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to take [...]

Curling

It is funny really.  One of the things that excited me about the fact that God had called us here was the chance to get a first-hand experience with the sport of curling.  I confess to being one of those folks that find this sport endlessly fascinating.  When it was shown during the Olympics a [...]

More Pictures

I have been meaning to get some more pictures posted from last week. Things are going well here. We got an unexpected snow shower last night that didn’t amount to much. The night before we had a great view of the eclipse. We let the kids stay up to watch it until it was full [...]

More Than Bread 2/22/08

2 Timothy 2:20-2120 In a large house there are articles not only of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay; some are for noble purposes and some for ignoble. 21 If a man cleanses himself from the latter, he will be an instrument for noble purposes, made holy, useful to the Master and [...]