HOPE

Isn’t spring the best? It is a natural picture of hope. After months of gray skies, naked trees, dormant grasses and wildflowers, spring reintroduces life. Out of the seemingly dead ground, sprouts of life remind us that all is not lost. Having already harvested the first blooms from our yard,…

Not Alone

Resurrection Sunday. It doesn’t get any sweeter than this day in terms of worship. Without it, Christmas – the celebration of Jesus’ birth – bears little meaning and absolutely no hope. For believers, Jesus’ death and resurrection are the game changers. And rejoicing with others whose lives have been redeemed…

1) Beginnings

I was totally unaware of the fact that we were desperately poor. I guess that’s because our family fit right in with everyone else in our small Nebraska farming community. We were all poor. We all lived the same lifestyle. And we were all happy. In those things that mattered,…