One of the things I love about this time of year is the clean feeling I get that no matter how many times I failed myself in the past year, no matter how many times I missed a golden opportunity or failed to watch the sunrise, held back from speaking love and...
SCHEDULED DEPARTURE: WEDNESDAY 12:01 AM Hello, welcome to ✈️ Flight #2020. We are prepared to take off into the New Year. Please make sure your Attitude and Blessings are secured and locked ? in an upright position. All self-destructive devices should be turned off at...
This week we celebrate the marvelous fact that our Creator loved us so much that he wanted to take on human flesh and be one of us. To use Eugene Peterson’s translation of John 1:14 “The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood.” This was on the...
The late gospel singer Keith Green sang the words “Make my life a prayer to you. I want to do what you want me to…” In this memorable song he framed the act of prayer in a much larger context than words we speak over a meal, at a prayer meeting, or...
I want to give a big shout out to my better-looking big brother, Dave Nielsen. In the mid 60’s, when thousands of young men were burning their draft cards, Dave volunteered to serve. Dave always liked the ocean, and he enlisted with the US Navy. He was trained...
