One Flock, One Shepherd Several of the scripture texts for this weekend use the shepherd and his sheep in describing the relationship between God and his people. Although we live in Iowa, an agricultural state, we’re pretty “citified” around here and would have to admit we don’t have much understandingRead More →
For the Beauty of the Earth Spring has surely arrived, in all its glory. The cold, gray days of winter fade into a distant, rather unpleasant memory, and our environment is awash in a virtual explosion of color and beauty. Our senses are almost on overload, as we see bloomingRead More →
The Worst Day and The Best Day Almost all of us can recall an experience that would qualify as the “worst day.” Not the day when your team lost a really big game, or the computer froze up halfway through a term paper or an important work-related project. Rather, aRead More →
Have you ever been assigned a task that you did not wish to do? You were uncomfortable with it. You were out of your comfort zone. Perhaps there was an element of fear? Most of us do not want others to know when we are fearful. In fact, sometimes whenRead More →
From “Hosanna!” to “Crucify Him!” The great crowd that had come to the (Passover) festival heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, shouting, “Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord—the KingRead More →
I lift up my eyes to the hills – from where will my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.Read More →
All God’s Children “. . . in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith. There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female, for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.” – Galatians 3:26, 28Read More →
One of many people’s favorite Bible stories is the parable Jesus told of the Good Samaritan, about a man from another country who took time to help a person who had been robbed, beaten and left by the side of the road. The good Samaritan not only bound the man’sRead More →
Crossroads You are standing at a crossroads. Four roads intersect at this point. First is the one you are on. You cannot turn back. You may look back, but never turn back. The second is a two-lane paved road. This is the road people seem to take all the timeRead More →
Faith . . . Hope . . .Redemption “For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love ofRead More →