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Which Model Are We Following?

Which Model Are We Following?

There are at least two models that the Christian church may follow.  One is the business model; the other is the service model. The business model focuses…

Believing is Seeing

Believing is Seeing

My first ministry position was when I was in college, finishing up my undergraduate degree in religious studies. As a first-time minister it was strange for me…

Off to The Races

Off to The Races

Do you feel that your mind is in constant high gear; racing through an ever-growing list of things about which you worry?  Do you feel like you…

Pondering 2017

Pondering 2017

Sitting in my old ladder back chair, fingers on the keyboard, listening to talk radio before the sun comes up…listening to the discussion about “these jerks in…

High Alert, Superheroes and Singing in the Rain

High Alert, Superheroes and Singing in the Rain

We’re in the home stretch of Baby Number Four joining The Big Three Superheroes. I’m not sure what I had envisioned as I planned my vacation around…

100 Years Ago

100 Years Ago

What happened 100 years ago? This reporter looked up some fascinating facts from 1917 and thought our readers might be interested in her find. History is literally…

“Love One Another….”

“Love One Another….”

What is love?  This is not an easy question to answer.  Love is many faceted!  Think of love this way.  Just as there are many varieties of…

Marriage Matters

Marriage Matters

A popular monthly magazine ran a regular feature piece each month entitled Can This Marriage Be Saved?  Each installment was a litany of relational woes: temper, control,…

Limping or Leaping

Limping or Leaping

The New Year is a time when many people reevaluate their lives to determine what’s working and what’s not working.  Now that we’re two weeks into 2017,…

The Wolves Within

The Wolves Within

What would you tell your son or daughter if he or she ran into the house yelling out of anger and frustration?  How would you respond if…