The Formula for Clarity Maplewood Matching Challenge Extended Master Guide Winter Training, Jan. 23–25 Prayer Room Volunteers Needed, Jan. 18 Join 10 Days of Prayer, Jan. 7–17 Rochester Celebrates Reformation Duluth Church Hosts Faith-Based Ministry House of Hope Forges Interfaith…
Things I’m Thankful For in 2025I’m incredibly grateful for your many, many prayers while I was having treatments at Mayo. I treasured every note of encouragement and the unexpected care package items. And you can be sure I’m praying for…
You’ve Been Drafted Sitting in my pickup, I was waiting at an intersection for a red light to turn green when a police cruiser pulled up behind me and turned on his lights. The stoplight turned green, but I sat…
An Unpleasant Camping TripKirk was a boy who lived across the street from my family when I was about 12. We rode bikes together, climbed trees, played games, and ate milk and cookies his mom served us on their back…
Choose with a Purpose • Waking Up to Love • Sowing Seeds • Flourishing Together • Almost Home • Where are We Going? • Let the Children Come • Resting in Jesus • Building Bridges • United in Baptism •…
Return of the Butterfly When our boys were young, my wife once bought a monarch butterfly caterpillar in a small cage. It was eating its favorite food, milkweed. The boys carried their new treasure home to observe the transformation from…
Five Dollars Warms a Blizzard Several years ago I was trying to get home from California to Maryland in the aftermath of a blizzard. After three days of canceled flights into Baltimore, I finally managed to fly from Los Angeles…
A Lot of Noise—But Going Nowhere In the 1970s our family owned a large fake-wood-paneled station wagon. One day my younger brother, Mitch, who was about four years old, decided he was going to drive into town. Click to read…
Fear and Trust—at the Same Time I just finished a deep dive into the book of Habakkuk. This is not a book we study often, but it deserves to stand on par with the rest of Scripture. Habakkuk brought a…
Fueled by the Spirit In God’s mission, everything hinges on leadership. Keep reading even if you don’t consider yourself a leader. Leadership is not confined to someone with a title in an office. Everyone leads in some way. Even a…
