It was been one wonderfully crazy week for me. If this week was a story the unfolding events of this week would definitely be building to the climax of the story. I am reminded of the blessedness of ministry related weariness. It is something that all followers of Jesus should be familiar with regularly.… Continue Reading
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Rearview Mirror 12-17-2020
I want to say thank you to everyone that has pulled together to help with the building, praying for the building and giving towards the building. I am excited to have the building open for the Christmas Eve Open House with the lights and heat on. I want to give a shout to Thom B… Continue Reading
The Christmas Epidemic
It is interesting how nearsighted we can be when looking at life situations. Our tendency is to see the up close and personal situation in our lives and fail to see if from the perspective of distance. It is easy for us to think that we are the only ones to be facing this… Continue Reading
Rearview Mirror 12-10-2020
I have never gotten over being a son of God through my relationship with Jesus. It is probably related to what He saved me from. My heart goes out to those that are living with uncertainty and fear. We who know Jesus have so much to live for. I wanted to give a shout out… Continue Reading
Rearview Mirror 12-3-2020
It is hard to believe that we are now into the Traditional Christmas Season. It just does not seem the same. I am reminded that if we stripped away all the social events and extras of the cultural Christmas celebration that we still have something to celebrate. The First Advent of Jesus was a fulfillment… Continue Reading
Thank You -When Faith Becomes Reality (Part 6)
We have been working on the church site since late winter 2015. It was hard to “see” what the site could and would become at that time. I have noticed that most people are challenged with translating what is on a paper drawing like a building blue print to reality. The same is often… Continue Reading
Rearview Mirror 11-26-2020
I hope that you will take time, in whatever format that happens to be this year, to celebrate the Lord’s faithfulness and blessing in your life this Thursday. We have so much to be thankful for and especially for those of us that belong to Jesus. Happy Thanksgiving! Ladies Discipleship group will be meeting… Continue Reading
Striving to be Thankful!
My guess would be that thankfulness does not come naturally for most of us. It seems we are more proficient at finding things that are wrong then celebrating all the good. It does not take much work to fixate on one thing that is not right and to ignore a multitude of things that… Continue Reading
Rearview Mirror 11-19-2020
I want to give a shout out to Pastor Berney for covering our time together this past Sunday. Caryl and I were attending church for our granddaughter’s dedication. What a blessing to be able to support our adult children and our grandkids. It was also special to be able to worship with other believers. I… Continue Reading
Thank You – Walking By Faith (Part 5)
I never cease to be surprised by the wrong perspectives that I have on life. I want to touch on one of these today- the perception that things in life just happen without any participation on my part. Now I know that there are many things that happen in life that we have no… Continue Reading