My Church Notes

The Spiritual Slide Rule

The advent of the pocket computer, otherwise known as a calculator, axed the use of the common slide rule. In the mid-70s, most companies quit producing the 400-year-old ...

Shade trees are an oasis of pleasure during the height of summer. In winter, the leaves are fallen, and only bare limbs remain. Our expectation? Once spring arrives, we want to see the fresh leaves ...

Momma Did It So

At an elaborate Sunday lunch in an affluent neighborhood, a large roast was set on the table. The platter was beautifully garnished with sprigs of parsley and slices of lemon. There was only one odd ...

The Extreme Downhill Christian

The silence of winter is one of the most profound environments we can know. Snow blankets the land, and all is muzzled. No crickets chirrup. No leaves rustle. Not a bird sings in the sky. Even the ...

The Crafter of the Winds

The wind is one of the fiercest forces on the planet earth. A tornado can reach speeds of hundreds of miles per hour, ripping even the asphalt from city streets. A hurricane can wrestle the ocean ...

Our LUGE God

Luge is one of the fastest and most dangerous Olympic sports. The sleds approach speeds upward of 90 mph. Steering is done with the entire body and requires extensive strength ...

Who’s Your Daddy?

In America we have raised a fatherless generation. Nearly 50% of U.S. children live without a father in the home. That 50% makes up 90% of homeless youth and runaway children, and 63% of youth ...

Bitter Waters Made Sweet

Our world today is filled with distrust. Cars come standard with alarms, we monitor our homes from our computers, and even our email is locked tighter than a drum. We have lost the ability to trust ...

All-Stars for Christ

Softball is a game of threes. There are three bases plus home. Three strikes and the batter’s out. If a pitcher hits three batters with the ball, the pitcher is removed from the ...

The Greatest Reward

After a lifetime in education, self-proclaimed golf nut and middle school principal Chelsa Holder retired from working with children. Her parents lived into their nineties, she was healthy, and she ...

Behind Curtain Number Three

Life is what we make it, isn’t it? If life gives us lemons, all we have to do is make lemonade. We can pull ourselves up by our bootstraps, if only we want ...

Peace, Peace

In 2013 a fire whipped through forests in and near Yosemite National Park, consuming 400 square miles. 60 square miles were torched so severely that they became a ...

Our SNOWFLAKE God

When life feels bitter, and everything around us is dead, is when the snow comes, creating a winter wonderland. God is in each SNOWFLAKE that falls, and he brings refreshing to our ...