J&MES: Faith & Action
This month in worship, we are going to be focusing on the book of James in the New Testament. It is all the way in…
faith
Trust, not Unquestioning Belief
In 2012, I took my youth group on a mission trip to Minneapolis. We worked in a number of different sites and one of them…
Expectations and Realities
Sermon based on Luke 1:39-55 and Matthew 11:2-6 About a year ago, I began working with Imagine No Malaria here in the Iowa Conference, and…
Praying on an airplane
Friday I took an early morning flight home. I had been in Nashville for a few days to train some new field coordinators for Imagine…
All Will Be Well
by ClearlyCassidy Julian of Norwich, in a time of doubt and struggle, wrote: All shall be well, and all shall be well and all…
labeling cans of corn
The project site I am working at for the first two days of our mission trip is the Emergency Foodshelf Network. They distribute food to…
self-awareness, faith, repentance and the Lord's Supper
In the past two weeks, I have had a number of conversations with colleagues and family about the Lord’s Table… not necessarily about who is…
Toby and the Church
I think one of the saddest moments I have witnessed on NBC’s “The Office” is seeing Toby Flenderson stand alone outside of a church. The…