The Mouse That Roared This is a good one! I was studying scripture at 1a.m. and all the while I was hearing noises in the dark outside my bedroom sliding door. My door is open and the screen closed and the night silent - so I can hear even the slightest noise. "This noise sounds …
Sermon on Gratitude
Presented at our home Sunday, August 9th, 2026 Good morning. I’m kind of excited about sharing this even though I know I’m bad at public speaking and preaching. It’s not my gift! I was in college the first time I spoke publicly. I played football at the University of Wisconsin and was involved in FCA. …
Obedience is Never Meritorious in the sense that it Obligates God.
So I'm working through "gratitude" and I've come to thinking about how thankfulness relates to grace. I'm also considering that even our thankfulness falls short of what God is worthy of? Of course this is not to say we should abandon gratitude. Our best service, thankfulness, belongs to God. And God owes us no special …
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New Creatures in Fairy Land
Because of the interior shift I faced when I become a Christian and the lifelong process of sanctification, the ordinary world is no longer merely ordinary to me. The morning sunlight now carries a different weight. The trees and flowers, and the animals can speak of something beyond themselves. The same human faces of my …
What Lasts?
There's true beauty in belonging to the masses. I have friends that aren't climbing ladders or too busy to lend you a hand. Actually, they know how to lend you a hand because they've replaced wax rings, built their own decks, and have spare plumbing parts. The upper crust hires people to do such things. …
Go to Church
May the Lord grant us grace to pursue holiness without the illusion of perfection. I have a friend who refuses to go to church because "it is full of hypocrites." This is not uncommon. Many reason, “Nobody’s perfect, and the church is full of hypocrites so why bother with organized religion? I’ll just follow my …
The Myth Of Secularism
The myth of secularism is that we are our own gods, that everything depends on our own strength, our own will, and our one vote. It's an arrogant lie that crushes us and puts an unbearable weight on our shoulders. We are not the source of our greatness, our looks, our wealth, our humor - …
Fix Your Eye Upon Him
1 And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, 2 And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. 3 And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking …
Heading for The Hills
My son woke me up to the reality the end times could be very near. He's noticed how much vitriol there is against Israel lately (Of course he's seeing more of this than I would see, he lives in Madison WI).I told him, if one reads or listens to the media, it does seem like …
Perspective Matters
It's not funny, but it is interesting how, after years of listening to the derogatory name-calling and seeing the disgusting, biased headlines, my perspective on politics has changed. I don't know if you've noticed, but I've taken on a more optimistic viewpoint. It's not that anything has changed externally—it hasn't! In fact, the hate and …
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