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I have been doing a lot of looking into things…We are beginning a nursery, so I am looking into this, and the legal issues of background screening for volunteers. I feel like I am hitting my head against the wall sometimes with the things that are happening, looking for what is best for the ministry,Continue reading “Where is your treasure?”

It has to increase! I need more, I can not go on with this being this way it has to be more. Have you ever wanted something so bad that it consumed your very life? Have you ever though about something all the time, that it completely takes all of your energy and time andContinue reading “Increase!!!!!”

What is it that drives us? What is it that makes us go? It is really easy to say that Jesus or God is our driving force, but is that true? Does that fact that the fire of God burns deep in my soul really drive me to do what I am doing? It isContinue reading “Simple Hearts”

Glory is an interesting thought. We think of it in terms of high status. In something that is better than something else. I was thinking of the Bon Jovi song Blaze of Glory which talks about the person going down in a blaze of glory. He is an old western person, who is killed inContinue reading “Blaze of Glory?”

Mother Teresa once said she was nothing more than a pencil in the hands of God. What a profound statement of faith and undying devotion. It is a statement of who is in charge, a statement on why everything is done in her life. Can we say the same? Are we the instrument that helpsContinue reading “a pencil in the hands of God”

We have been traveling this past week with our girls, and they really have not been asking that much are we there yet…. BUT…. The other day I said we were there. We were sitting at a red light on the corner of two streets. And I said, “OK we are there.” One of myContinue reading “Are We there yet?”

Yoda once said to Luke Skywalker that there is no trying to do something. We either do it, or we do not. We either commit to doing something or we are not committed to it. This week we look at the death of our savior, the death of a man who has committed no sin,Continue reading “Do or Do not There is not Try!”

As we approach Holy Week, I have been thinking a lot lately about the Palm/Passion Sunday service. I wonder when did our congregations start needing a Passion Sunday? Well in out Lutheran understanding it has been a while, as Passion Sunday is a part of the Lutheran Book of Worship, the green book, the oldContinue reading “Palm – Passion – Where is our commitment”

Are you preparing for rain?I recently watched the movie Facing the Giants. In it there was a pastor who told a story about 2 farmers. Both of them prayed for rain to help their crops, but only one of the farmers actually prepared his fields for the coming rain. The pastor then asks, who trustedContinue reading “Are you preparing for rain?”

Passion is a very interesting word. We do things everyday that play into our passions, but do we have one all encompassing passion that leads us to do everything else that we do? I guess we first need to know what passion is. The Passion of the Christ is a movie about the crucifixion ofContinue reading “My Passion”