The Dailies

  All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and [...]

Below is a 1916 photo — likely taken by my grandfather — of my grandmother, my two uncles and my mother in front of their sod house in central Nebraska. This type of house [...]

Sermon Conversations with Alex and Aaron There’s only so much we can cover in a Sunday morning gathering! Each week, you’re invited to tune into our LIVE podcast at 11 am on Thursdays – recorded [...]

From 1970 through 1975 I was involved in a Christian ministry to the “unhoused and unhinged” (the latter occasionally included me). One portion of that ministry was a Saturday evening coffeehouse featuring free sandwiches, [...]

The LORD watches over you—the LORD is your shade at your right hand; the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. Psalm 121:5-6 When my family moved from Illinois [...]

I want to be “on” every moment.  If I drink the right amount of coffee, with the right amount of sugar, after the perfect amount of sleep — I can approach that.  There are [...]

I was 16 going on 17; it was summer, and my formerly favorite English teacher was spending extended time in the doghouse of my mind. Why, you might ask, would I be wasting vacation time [...]

Sermon Conversations with Alex and Aaron There’s only so much we can cover in a Sunday morning gathering! Each week, you’re invited to tune into our LIVE podcast at 11 am on Thursdays – [...]

John 11:1-43 In the “Introduction” to his book, Brave Companions, historian David McCullough, makes this statement: “The past after all is only another name for someone else’s present. How would things turn out? They [...]

John 6:16–21 NIV When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea, got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was already dark, and Jesus had not yet come [...]