A Personal Journey

I recently took a very personal roadtrip to visit the Rock Island National Cemetery. My dad, a WWII vet, is buried there. He died in 1971, two years befor I met Jesus and, at the time I didn’t know how to deal with death. It was a bad time for me and I responded badly. I never felt that I said goodbye or honored my dad properly and for years have wanted to go back and do it right. On Friday I got the chance and all I can say is I am so thankful for it. It was a beautiful exchange – one bad memory for one good one. I can’t really talk about it yet but I have posted some pictures for those of you who might be interested. It is a sacred place and my dad really rests where he needs to be. He was proud of his service and I am proud of it too. I took a book, “Flight...

$$$$$$$$$ – ???

I read the following statements on a Christian leader’s blog recently, “We were created to work and money is like air; we need it to breathe. We need money to survive.” Do you believe that? Most Americans do. But the fact is it is a terrible analogy and especially from a Christian. The idea is so American culture, but so unbiblical. Money isn’t anything like air. I can live a very long life and experience all the really important qualities of life without money, but I can only live a few minutes without air. In God’s economy of sovereign abundance He has made all the most important things for the abundant life the easiest to obtain and most freely available. Air is first on the list, followed by water, food and shelter. Money never appears on God’s...

Are you Weary?

“And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.”                                                                                                     Galatians 6:9  “Let us not grow weary….” Do you ever feel weary? Tired, wornout, burned out? Does the burden of being somone chosen by God to deal with the particular frustrations and difficult people that make up your life and relationships in its environment ever make you wonder if it is all worth the effort required? Do you ever feel like just chucking the whole deal and simply taking a walk? I do. One thing is for sure, if you answered “no” to any of the above you will...

Dr. Seuss – But not green eggs and ham!

I do not like it Uncle Sam, I do not like it Sam I am. I do not like these dirty crooks, neither how they cook the books. I do not like when Congress steals, I do not like their secret deals. I do not like the speaker Nan, I do not like this ‘YES WE CAN’. I do not like this kind of hope, I do not like it, nope, nope……………, nope!… Copy and repost if you agree,  We must let them know you see…. Thanks to Diana Van Der Noord for...