March 6th Newsletter
Barb and I are planning to leave for a 10 day vacation tomorrow (Lord willing), so our bags are packed and I have a bit of time tonight, so I’ll post this a few days earlier than usual.
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March 1st Newsletter
Up until this posting we’ve really had a very pleasant winter in Iowa without much snow. However, if we take a moment to gaze at snow in an open field or in town before it has been sullied by a human footprint or churned up and soiled by a snow plow, we can’t help but notice Read more
February 23rd Newsletter
Kristin von Kreisler, a staff writer for Reader’s Digest, has written a book recounting true stories of the courage and kindness of a variety of animals called, “The Compassion of Animals.” One such incident she records is as follows:
February 16th Newsletter
Tonight Whitney Houston is in eternity. A columnist in Foxnews.com wrote: She had the perfect voice, and the perfect image: a gorgeous singer…who maintained perfect poise.” And everything I have read since has underscored that assessment.
February 9th Newsletter
When we try to discover the origins of St. Valentine’s Day, the best we come up with are legends. One tradition states tht Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than those with wives and families, he outlawed marriage Read more
February 2nd Newsletter
The Bible does teach that there is a real, literal, hell that burns with fire. We may wish it were not so, but wishing doesn’t change the facts. The Lord Jesus spoke of it and to deny it is to state tht He was wrong. If that’s the case, there is no Christianity and no Read more
January 26th Newsletter
Christian writer Philip Yancey wrote a book, What’s So Amazing About Grace. No doubt he was thinking about the well-known words of John Newton’s hymn: “Amazing grace, how sweet the sound; that saved a wretch like me. I once was lost, but now I’m found, was blind, but now I see.”
Janaury 19th Newsletter
As more bodies are being pulled from the stricken Costa Concordia, more stories of sacrifice are coming to light. One of those stories immediately brought to my mind the events of the crucifixion of the Lord Jesus.
January 12th Newsletter
Winter has arrived in Dunkerton with a vengence. Cold and snow are the subject of our conversations now. Oh well, it’s January 12th already, so it won’t be to long till spring.
January 5th Newsletter
We’re back in Iowa, where it’s nearly as warm as Florida. Not quite, but within 20 degrees. We had a very relaxing time, just to clear our minds, rest our bodies and refresh our souls.
