Devotions

Several years ago, we met our family in Minneapolis to celebrate Christmas. We were fortunate to stay at a hotel connected to the Mall of America, allowing us to go in and out of the mall as we pleased (especially nice in Minnesota during the winter). A certain coffee...

Earlier this week, we had a knock at the door and it was someone we didn’t know looking to sell windows and bathroom updates, so the conversation didn’t last too long.  When I was in college, I did some sales and direct door to door marketing, so I’ve been on the...

You probably hear some version of it every day, like when we look through the news headlines and you hear someone say, or think to yourself, “I can’t believe they did that!”  I’ve watched several 48 hours mysteries and it always builds up the plot to say, and this is...

The words holiness and love have become pretty hollow words today. For most of us, they certainly haven't kept their biblical meanings. I hate to admit it, but when I hear the word "holy" I imagine a very stern finger being pointed in my direction. For most of my...

This past week I’ve been out in “the bush” of Nicaragua visiting communities without electricity, water, medical care, education beyond 6th grade, and more. A interrsting aspect of this communities is that the livestock is very much communal. There are no barns,...