My Church Notes

Have We Set God’s Ring Tone?

In the early days of home phone service, there was only one ring tone available. If we were on a party line, a pattern of rings indicated who was to pick up. Still, the ring tone was the ...

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Identity theft has become the bane of the digital world. We are forced to shred documents, encrypt files, and put layers of passwords on our financial accounts. We must verify our identity wherever ...

Where We Lead, They Shall Follow

Young children mimic everything. If we, as parents, occasionally let an inappropriate comment slip, how can we be surprised to hear those same words from our children’s mouths? If we kick our dog ...

Picture Perfect

It is our wedding day. For weeks we have prepped and primped, the cakes have been ordered, and the best photographer money can buy is lined up at our ...

Old Soldiers Never Die

Visit Arlington National Cemetery, and prepare to be overwhelmed by the sheer number of white crosses that cover the hills. They represent the final resting places of nearly a third of a million ...

Primed for Our Season of Victory

A good coach doesn’t take green players and throw them at an opposing team. He puts them through workouts, making sure the practice plays are tougher than the players will ever battle in a real ...

Our MAIZE God

MAIZE is the scientific name for corn, the largest grain crop in the Americas. We might dine on popcorn, corn flakes, or the ubiquitous sweet corn, and what about dent corn, baby corn, or corn ...

The Headwaters of God

The Amazon is the mightiest river in the world. It has over 1,100 tributaries feeding twenty percent of the world’s fresh water into its depths. Yet, the Amazon is only one small finger on God’s ...

Show and Tell

Children enjoy showing off their favorite things. In schools, they are given a chance to stand before the class and brag about what is most important to them. This is known as Show and ...

The Iron Mask

In 17th century France, a most unusual arrest was made. Over the course of 34 years, a man known as Eustache Dauger spent the final days of his life in the most tightly guarded French prisons ...

Diving the Deep

The sea makes up about 70 percent of the earth’s surface. If all we do is look at the top layer of the great wasteland that is the ocean, we have missed much of its beauty. It is when we don our ...

The Weight of Many Stones

In Greek mythology, a Titan was born who was given the duty of holding the celestial sphere on his shoulders for all time. That was his punishment as the loser in a war against the Olympians. All the ...

The Keeper of the Light

Before modern automation, lighthouses required keepers to be in residence at all times. Not only were the keepers responsible to ensure the fires continually burned to warn those passing by, they ...