Surprise!
Bruce Hanson2024-05-15T22:04:09-06:00Well, there was no one jumping out of a cake, but this was a surprise that changed the face of everything. But let’s back up a bit. ...While he was still speaking, Judas, one [...]
Peter Drops the Mic
Jeanne Melberg2024-05-22T13:26:04-06:00While he was with them, he declared, “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait there for what my Father promised, which you heard about from me. For John baptized with water, but you will be baptized [...]
The Waiting Game
Grace Hunter2024-05-17T09:47:42-06:00Waiting. We have all experienced waiting in our spiritual walk. Many in the Bible did as well. David waited many years to become king after being anointed by Samuel as a teenager. Then, once [...]
Pentecost Fulfilled
Kathleen Petersen2024-05-15T21:47:47-06:00- The Spirit’s Inscription on Believing Hearts Our nation accommodates multiple interests. As a result, official calendars are crammed with holidays and observances. A few holidays merit a day off from work, while others [...]
What is the Gospel?
Grace Hunter2024-05-11T11:11:32-06:00Each of us have shared a personal story in the last week of how the gospel has impacted us personally. We have also shared about circumstances in our lives when doubts about God’s goodness or [...]
Learning to See Jesus
Sherry Sommer2024-05-11T10:54:13-06:00For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. [...]
The Goodest News!!
Bruce Hanson2024-05-11T10:30:09-06:00English teachers in our midst, please forgive my ungrammatical title. My prompt for today was to share my personal experience with the Gospel, or more precisely, the Good News. As I considered it, I felt [...]
Carolyn’s Story and the Gospel
Carolyn Schmitt2024-05-11T10:11:46-06:00Recently I found a story I wrote as an assignment for a correspondence course in “Writing for Children and Teenagers” that I was taking in 1992. This particular story was supposed to be a [...]
The Gospel is More
Kathleen Petersen2024-05-11T09:22:17-06:00In my Nebraska hometown farming community, couples often married young. When I was 15 my mother gave me a marriage hope chest just like this one, even though I had no boyfriend. I [...]
The Character of God, and The Cross
Carolyn Schmitt2024-05-04T11:32:30-06:00I’ve forgotten the actual date, but I think it was Good Friday,1993, when we had a pageant that included a crucifixion. Our worship area at that time was rather patched together and we did [...]
