Monthly Archives: January 2018

Last week during Bible study Charlie Meier showed a video by evangelist Louie Giglio called “Indescribable”. The video contained many stunningly beautiful pictures of space, most reconstructed from images taken by the orbiting Hubble telescope. I’ve appended one of our … Continue reading →

It was an interesting “town hall meeting” that we had at Joy yesterday. As I expected, most of the comments had to do with the worship service. One particularly stands out, because it was expressed to me beforehand and in … Continue reading →

Any of you with a hearing loss are familiar with that phrase. I hear someone speak, but I’m just not sure what they said. Sometimes I guess. I often guess wrong. Unfortunately that really mixes up the conversation. Better to … Continue reading →

When I was a volunteer firefighter, occasionally I was asked to be part of the color guard at parades and ceremonies. I did it gladly, knowing that those flags represented all those who had died to keep our country free … Continue reading →

Have you heard the acclaim of “The Prayer of Jabez,” made famous through the publication of the best-selling book, “The Prayer of Jabez: Breaking Through to the Blessed Life” by Dr. Bruce Wilkinson with David Kopp? “Oh that you would … Continue reading →

  Oh Lord, here it is Thursday night and I haven’t written my blog for tomorrow. Where did this week go? It was such a good week. Full of tasks completed and plans made. However, somewhere along the way, I … Continue reading →

The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity ends with the Conversion of Paul. Saul was on his way to Damascus to arrest some Christians. On his way he had a vision and heard the voice of Jesus say, “Saul, Saul … Continue reading →

Lately I’ve been thinking about how wonderful the name “Joy” is for a church, and how we at Joy Lutheran should try to celebrate our fortunate name.  To do this I looked at some scriptures about joy and even did … Continue reading →

I once took one of those intriguing inventories that helps you assess what type of person you are. There is one that categorizes you by body type – mesomorph, ectomorph, etc. If you, faithful blog-reader, are interested, I can enlighten … Continue reading →

He was only three.  My son was lost. For an hour he ran down unfamiliar streets. He cried desperately. It was the darkest hour of my life. My family searched; the police searched. I stayed close to the phone. I … Continue reading →