Running the Race

 During Advent I want to take four non-sacred aspects of Christmastime and look at how we can use them to point ourselves and our families t...

 Last year on Thanksgiving we stayed home.  We had a single friend come to our house for the feast that Christine made.  It was Christine...

 It was April, 2010 and we were just about to enter the McLeod Center in Cedar Falls for a concert featuring Casting Crowns.  I was escortin...

 On Sunday mornings our church has a parenting class that is going through a series of videos by Paul David Tripp.  The class has been incre...

 Since March 11, 2020 I have gained a new appreciation for face-to-face communication. On March 11th COVID-19 went from being something over...

 A couple of Fridays ago I was listening to Bill Arnold's radio program as he interviewed a former pastor at Willow Creek.  I don't...

  My wife recently lamented that 3:30-7:00 p.m. is the longest 3 and a half hours of parenting. Between 3:30 and 7:00 the kids have begun to...