Two weeks ago a 6 year old child at school pulled a 9mm handgun from his backpack and shot his 25 year old teacher in the chest.  Thankfully, the teacher is expected to fully recover.  When we read or hear of a story like that our first thought is usually along the lines of: How… Read More »

I have a few woodworking projects that I hope to accomplish this winter so Sunday night found me at Menards getting a load of lumber.  When you get lumber at a board yard you can’t just grab the boards on top of the stack and load them into your truck, because lumber can be a… Read More »

I was watching the football game Monday night when Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field after making a tackle.  Like many, I watched the scene unfold over the next 30 minutes.  I don’t ever recall seeing an ambulance brought onto the field… nor do I ever remember seeing players react the way they did as… Read More »

The legend of Santa Claus has been part of the Christmas story for a long time.  Nicholas was born in Asia Minor, probably in the country now known as Turkey, as a nobleman who became a Christian Priest around the year 280 AD.  Even though Nicholas would never marry, he loved children, and it became… Read More »

Have you ever wondered, why shepherds?  Of all the people the angels could have appeared to with the news of the birth of Jesus… why did they choose shepherds — or perhaps more appropriately, why did God send them to shepherds?  I mean, why not King Herod?  How about the chief priest?  Maybe the angels… Read More »

That fog on Wednesday was so thick I was scared to drive my truck into it because I thought it might dent my front end!  Man, that was some intense fog… you got soaked just trying to walk through it!  As I negotiated my way to the church that morning, I tried to drive just… Read More »

Have you ever experienced real darkness?  I took my youth group to Mammoth Caves in KY once on a youth group trip and we all sat in this large chamber of a cave way below the surface of the ground and then, after warning us all, they turned off all the nights. And folks… it… Read More »

One of my favorite games to play as a middle schooler was Hide and Seek.  We would wait for the summer day to cool down as the sun set, and when darkness covered the neighborhood the game began!  There was just something exciting about sneaking around in the dark trying to hide from those who… Read More »

Did you know that last Tuesday became a significant day in Human history?  According to the United Nations, on Tuesday, November 15, 2022 the world population surpassed eight billion people.  Eight billon people means that the world population has more than doubled since 1965. Grab this… eight billion seconds ago was the year 1779.  Our… Read More »

I participated in Bible Quizzing for one year as a seventh grader.  I wasn’t very good at it.  Full disclosure here though… I really didn’t study very much.  After my seventh grade year my family moved to a new church that didn’t have quizzing, but for that one year before I was part of the… Read More »