The other day I stopped by our tax guy’s office, and not surprisingly a Bible study discussion broke out. This isn’t the opening line to a bad joke I’m workshopping for my comedic standup routine. It’s God’s honest truth, as the saying goes. It’s common that he and I mix in a ...
A good portion of the pastor in me wants to be outraged this week. Coming back from a Fourth of July break to read about the goings on in Washington, D.C., I started to fill with indignation. Thanks to Congress’ capitulation on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, as many as 20 million ...
GriefShare session to start Aug. 4 A 13-week GriefShare session will begin at 6:30 pm, Monday, Aug. 4, at Holy Redeemer Church, Marshall. If you have experienced the death of a loved one (spouse, child, friend, family), you are invited to GriefShare. This nondenominational DVD seminar ...
When was the last time that you scooped up a handful of lake water? Felt the cool, refreshment of one of nature’s most vital gifts? When was the last time you got your nose into a handful of soil? Enjoyed its earthy aroma! Felt its velvety nature as it slipped through the cracks of your ...
The other night I was leaving work, just as the evening sun was taking its turn downward. Another 12-hour day at the emergency shelter, a typical schedule these past 10 months as we’ve worked to turn things around. I was pulling out of our parking lot, and out of the corner of my eye, I saw ...
We are living in the most politically violent period in our country since the deadly 1960s. Assassinations, shootings, physical and verbal intimidation. The list is long. Just in recent history, an extremist shot and killed a Minnesota state representative and also shot another state ...