“Hello Hurricane. You Can’t Silence My Love.”
A couple months ago I heard story explained as three simple elements: a character with a passion, encounters a problem, and makes a decision. Let me tell you a story.
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Or Is It Just Being a Jerk?
In the light of the events in Charlottesville, and then Boston, over the past couple of weeks, I posted on Facebook the following simple, yet profound, words from St. Paul’s
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Rural Mission: The Context
Here are some census numbers from census.gov that begin to paint a picture of rural life in America. Rural areas in this country cover about 97 percent of the land.
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The Home with the Yellow Door
I have experienced the goodness of God. My husband and I married eight years ago this summer. There is much that could be said about our first six years of
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The Center of Hope: Christ’s Love in Action
The Center of Hope first opened its doors in 1985 in a rented room next to a laundry mat in downtown Livingston to respond to the physical and spiritual needs
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Emergency Gospel Action
For the first two decades of my life, as I sat in the pew during worship, I turned to the last printed page in The Lutheran Hymnal and read, “A
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Indicators of Victory and Defeat
A number of years ago I came across an article that spoke to church leaders about fostering positive momentum in the church. The author wrote about indicators of victory and
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Old Wisdom for New Outreach
I am happy to share with you that Dr. Keith Loomans was my mentor and friend. I first met Keith as a member of the review committee when I was
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I Hate Church
I sat with a man I’ll call Diego at a recent gathering of a newly launched church. The church is gathering at a local rehab center. Residents join with people
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Let Him Drive
Fifty years ago, a rural school district in south Texas ran into a predicament. One of the students lived in such a remote area, no one wanted to drive the
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