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This morning, I joined with other brothers and sisters in Christ to worship outdoors at a former ranch. It was sunny, not a cloud in the sky, BUT it was also just barely above 40 degrees, and the wind was about 15mph; the feels-like temperature was below 40 degrees. It was not a comfortable morning,Continue reading “Outtakes from a cold morning service”

Happy Easter, Everyone! I hope that you have had a blessed and meaningful day! I have, and I’d like to share with you an insight that I had this morning. It was something that I already knew, but needed to be reminded of. Actually, the lesson began Friday night. I don’t know about you, butContinue reading “Cloudy, dark days”

This morning I read a short article about the 33 miners in Chile who were trapped underground by a mine collapse in 2010. They waited in the dark for 17 days for any kind of contact, and then for over two months until they were finally rescued. There was no way they could save themselves;Continue reading “Waiting for help from above”

I’d just like to share a little of the outtake from my devotional time this morning; writing it down for you here will help cement it in my own mind & heart. How do we not lose hope during discouraging times? How do we stand firm in our faith when it appears that all hopeContinue reading “Standing Firm & Not Losing Hope”

This past weekend, as I was walking on the University of Oregon campus, it seemed that the Lord was speaking to me through so many things that I was seeing. I gained four reminders that encouraged me, and I’d like to share them with you. The first one was that sometimes we will be plantedContinue reading “Lessons from a Walk”

Yesterday morning, as I sat at my table by my front window and ate breakfast, I so much enjoyed watching the birds on the other side of the glass. We were only about 6′ apart, but they could not see me because of the glare of the morning sun against the glass. Yet, if IContinue reading “Near Though We Cannot See Him”

In my younger years, I remember being taught that JOY came from putting Jesus first in your life, then Others, then Yourself. J-O-Y! I saw this principle worked out just this past Friday. I had a business appointment near the mall here, so after I finished, I decided to go to the mall to seeContinue reading “JOY”

I would like to share with you one last group of memories of my time with the basketball program at Sunrise Christian Academy. I will tell you how it all started-how I became the boys’ biggest fan. One day in the fall of 2014, I looked at the boys in my class who were basketballContinue reading “One Last Group of Memories”

The Bible is full of verses that tell us to trust God. The one that come to my mind immediately is Proverbs 3:5, “Trust in the Lord will all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding.” There will be many times in our lives when we are put in situations where we mustContinue reading “Trusting God”

Some of you are enjoying my reminiscing; so am I! So here are 5 more. Last year my classroom was on the mezzanine up over the old gym at Sunrise. I enjoyed interacting with the players as they were headed to their coach’s office or out the side door to their bus. I really hadContinue reading “More Memories”