Mums

Last week for Thanksgiving, our family traveled about 40 miles to my wife’s grandmother’s house where most of her extended family gathered for fellowship and feasting.  Our kids spent the afternoon playing with cousins and grazing the desert table, along with the...

Harvest Season

Driving through the Iowa countryside, I’ve noticed that most all the corn and beans have been harvested, with just a few fields remaining, which means harvest season is about over around here.  About 10 days ago, the forecast was for overnight temperatures to drop...

Day of the Living

Yesterday was a holiday called Dia de los Muertos, or day of the dead, which is celebrated in Mexico, and a few other Latin American cultures.  Some tie this in with Halloween, or Reformation day and in our American culture, these things tend to get jumbled together,...

For Granted

We live in a society where it is relatively easy to eat several meals each day, buy gas for your vehicle, see your doctor, charge your cell phone, and walk safely along the sidewalks in most every neighborhood.  We order our coffee, go to our jobs, plan parties and...

When We Worship

When do you praise the Lord?  Is it just on Sunday mornings when you sing songs with fellow believers in a church service?  Maybe you sing along to a familiar song occasionally on the radio?  Thanking God before we eat a meal is giving credit where credit is due, and...