There are some phrases in life that drive me nuts. I can't stand when I'm told by someone that "I'll be with you in a second." What that often means is "I may be with you in a few minutes if I feel like it, but more then likely I won't, because you really aren't that...

Luke 19:5 New International Version (NIV) 5 When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.” Jesus saw something in Zachaeus that no one noticed. He saw gold! Now, I am not talking about...

Acts 8:26-31 (NASB) 'But an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip saying, "Get up and go south to the road that descends from Jerusalem to Gaza." (This is a desert road. ) So he got up and went; and there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the...

This past week felt a lot like Spring around many parts of Iowa.  Saturday was Sunny with highs in the 50s around many parts of the state.  If you have walked through your yard or driven on any gravel roads, you may have also noticed another Springtime phenomenon,...

I spent a lot of my childhood in a religious church.  Many people went to church because they should, they acted a certain way because of a list of rules they should follow, and they prayed because it was a requirement to be a "good christian." This was not true of...

Now that we're a week into 2019 are we ready to be real about it? Let's be honest: we usually spend the first week of the year making goals and plans that we end up never following through on. Sometimes that's because we find the goal we've set to be too difficult or...