book review: A Big Gospel in Small Places
I live in a small town in South Dakota. A popular country song by Rodney Adkins goes, “Miles and miles of John Deere green, freedom as far as I can see, a road to run and room to breathe,” and …
Happy New Year!
As you begin 2020, what will you rejoice in? A bigger salary? All the toys you got for Christmas? A promotion? A new relationship? The possibilities are endless, but I warn you. Not of that lasts long term. Salaries don’t …
NO church December 29
Chamberlain street dept. is advising no travel today because of ice and blowing snow. NO church today December 29.…
a great privilege and responsibility
I am the pastor of my local church responsible for weekly preaching and teaching. I am always working to grow and improve in preaching and have a lot of preaching books on my shelf; white westerners wrote most of them. …
AWANA Truthseekers and Thrivent team up
The Children’s AWANA TruthSeeker volunteers and the generosity of a Thrivent Action Team made this evening’s event possible. Organizers met, planned and prayed for opportunity. Needed material and supplies were ordered and purchased using the Community Impact Card. Advertising and
Christmas Eve service
Our Christmas Eve service is December 24 beginning at 6:30 pm.…
the good old days
I see an incredible amount of “old stuff being made new” these days. A new Star Wars TV show and movie, superheroes on my screens, ET is back in a commercial and both Captain Picard and the Ghostbuster car return …
be encouraged
Timothy was in a rough place. He was a young, timid, fearful man put in a public place of ministry, dealing with tough issues such as conflict, politics, false teachers, and personal attacks. Older men belittling him for his youth …
bodily and spiritual training
I’ve been pretty lazy about hitting the gym. I’m rolling over at 0530, not rolling out. Those 2019 New Year’s resolutions to work out more and lose some weight? Long abandoned and forgotten. I’ll renew them for 2020 in the …
NO church
We are canceling church today due to weather and road conditions. ☹️ If you need help with anything, please let someone from the servant board (me, Allen, Larry, Norm, Chuck, Leanne, Kathy) know. Blessings to you.…