There is a lot of suffering going around these days. Shootings, hurricanes and floods, divorce, suicide, and loss are rampant. I’m sure you’re suffering in some way today as well. Take heart: suffering is your last chance to trust in …
“He has a bigger piece of pie! She got more cookies than me! He knocked down my blocks! She took my doll!” Children understand justice, and so does the world. The new is ripe with stories of economic justice, racial …
This article provides good perspective on the issue of suffering. It goes along with what we’re discussing at 9:30 at church, “Suffering for God’s glory.”…
Are you thirsty today? What are you thirsty for? We get thirsty for a physical drink (a cold glass of lemonade on a hot day) and that certainly tastes good and fills you up, but it doesn’t last. You’re going …
Let me tell you about my amazing daughter. “Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound!” I could tell you the same about my son as well. Does this …
Due to weather, we will have the American Island Days service at the UCC church on Sunday, August 18, 10:00 am.…
A reminder we will have church at American Creek (or UCC if poor weather ) on Sunday 10:00 as part of American Island Days.
As we prepare for a new school year to begin, a new law in South Dakota says that all public schools must display our national motto, “In God we trust.” This makes me ask a question: which god are we
Unsettling tragedy has struck. How do you deal with it? What do you do when the shock of tragedy strikes and disorients you? Your head is spinning, your legs are cut out from under you, you are a mouse in …
The ten Boom family were Christians. They lived in Holland during the Nazi occupation and hid Jews in their home. When they were found out, Corrie and her sister Betsie were sentenced to Scheveningen Prison, and later Ravensbrück Concentration Camp, …