The advertising campaign for a nationwide office supply company features something called an "easy" button. If I understand it correctly, the easy button represents the store's efforts to relieve the…

Thanksgiving has always been a favorite time of the year for me. I have wonderful memories of family gatherings that would take place all weekend. One of my favorite thanksgiving…

Are you anxious?  Are you feeling overwhelmed?  Are you feeling lonely?  Sad? Depression? hopeless?  You are not alone.  I have felt all of these in the last eight months.  The…

In the Old Testament book of Daniel there is a story about three Jewish men named Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego…Which for the sake of this blog we will call them…

Lord we praise You Nothing satisfies like You do You never change You never fail You’re irresistible The love of God is a powerful thing.  It grants us the feeling…

Over the last two weeks I have been working for my father-in-law to reseal the parking lot for his business in Peoria.  I have never done this type of work…

The other day I heard a lesson on anger that was just too good not to share. Except that I couldn’t share it, because it was one of those stories…

Today as a church we stand with you in the fight for racial equality and justice. This post is part of the #BlackoutTuesday movement where we choose to listen instead…

Memorial [ muh-mawr-ee-uh l, -mohr- ] something designed to preserve the memory of a person, event, etc., as a monument or a holiday. Definition from dictionary.com  Memorial Day was yesterday, a day set aside to…

There was once a complete separation between God and man.  This separation existed because mankind was so sinful and wicked.  A pure, holy, and righteous God could not be in…