We talk a lot on this blog about living for eternity. That's because we firmly believe the most important things we can ever do on this earth are the things that will reverberate long after this mortal life is over. When everything around us in this life seems to encourage short-term fixes and instant gratification, [...]
Do you remember how miserable you felt the year you didn't get a Valentine? When everyone else in your class got one, or when all your friends received them, but not you? Being excluded is a miserable feeling for anyone, isn't it? And it was a miserable feeling years ago for a young boy living [...]
I’m big on goals. I like to make them and accomplish them. I have learned that when I can define a goal, it’s easy to create a game plan to achieve it. If I want to lose weight, I define what’s involved in reaching the goal. If I want to start a business, I develop [...]
Peter encouraged Christians to find joy by focusing not on the trial that will go on only “a little while” but on their heavenly inheritance that will never perish. As missionary martyr Jim Elliot put it, “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.” Why work for [...]
When someone dies, their unfinished projects usually die with them. But after Dave Feige from Wentworth, South Dakota passed away from a tragic farm accident, his friends gave him a helping hand to complete what he couldn’t complete himself. Feige, 58, had over 1,000 acres that needed harvested, so his best friend, Roger Schrepel, gathered over [...]
