I remember when I started my Facebook account almost 20 years ago. When I was doing the account setup I had to put information in. My favorite was when it got to relationship status and I got to say, "Married to Allison Hull." I didn't just write, "In a relationship," but said, "Married to...
Do you every worry so much that it controls everything you do? Like, when you worry about money so much, you forget that money does not buy happiness, time, or relationships. No, money buys stuff that you can have in life, but it is not life itself. Or, when you stress about your health you...
Yesterday in bible study, a question was asked, "How do we help someone who says, 'God hates me because life isn't going well for me. Everything that could go right is going wrong..'" How do we comfort someone who believes in their conscience that God hates them? How do we comfort ourselves when...
Imagine if my wife invited me to a nice steak dinner at a local restaurant. She called me and said she got a sitter for the kids, and has reservations at 6. She gave me the directions to the place, and even ordered a drink for me and an appetizer is sitting on the table. She went out and bought...
This past week we witnessed again the consequence of the fall into sin. We watched the news and saw that a young man entered into his school inn Santa Fe, Texas, and killed 10 fellow classmates and teachers. Christians around the nation and the globe immediately sent out messages that they were...
My daughter was born at the end of last year, Prior to that, I thought a little bit about how women see themselves in our society today. However, it didn't become a full and stressed filled reality until little Avy bug was born. When her life began in the womb, and when she was brought into this...
Last night I had a lovely Incredible Hulk Dad moment. We were walking to the car after our CG workout and we had all the children. One of my boys decided to walk while being on my phone, which was my fault to begin with with letting him have it. When we got to the car I told him to hand it to me...
Today we get back into our Catechism Sermon schedule at Zion Lutheran Church. Tonight we will meditate on the 1st commandment which says, "You shall have no other gods. What does this mean? We should fear, love, and trust in God above all things." Why would God make such a demand? To...
Today is the feast of Festivus, that lovely secular holiday made popular by the sitcom Seinfeld. George Costanza's dad is the main character that educates the world on the joys and celebrations of 'A festivus for the rest of us." From the festivus pole, because, you know, tensile can be a little...
1st John 4 says, "7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 In this the love of God was made manifest among us...