by Mike Ames | Dec 2, 2024 | 2024
Have you ever been reading your Bible when you came upon a scripture verse that stood out to you because of how perplexing it was? I’m not talking about a simple misunderstanding due to some unexplained, ancient cultural detail or other needed contextual background...
by Ron Regenstreif | Nov 25, 2024 | 2024
Excellence: The desire to want to give our all every day. To always be open to learning, growing, improving, and finding more genuine ways to serve and give of ourselves. I was an athlete as a kid and have always had my favorite sports of which I’ve been a fan. My...
by Todd Kunkler | Nov 18, 2024 | 2024
Several years ago, while driving an elderly friend to an appointment, she turned to me with sadness in her voice and asked, “where do you think my husband is right now?” The man she had been married to for over 60 years had died several years earlier. Together, they...
by Ron Regenstreif | Nov 11, 2024 | 2024
What a good question, though sadly, one that is seldom asked! Would you say you are thinking too much, too little, or hardly at all? Thinking is defined as the ability to process information that translates into decisions, actions, opinions, and reflection. I’ve...
by Ron Regenstreif | Nov 4, 2024 | 2024
There is no shortage of bad news these days. There are countries like Haiti, facing unparalleled devastation. We hear of threats of war from powers armed with nuclear capabilities. The focus of most news outlets is the same – a steady stream of hatred, one-sided...
by Mike Ames | Oct 28, 2024 | 2024
When I was thirteen years old, I was living with my parents and two brothers in Southern California. Toward the end of Summer that year our family moved to a large city in the Pacific Northwest. I didn’t want to leave our neighborhood, where I had many good friends...
by Ron Regenstreif | Oct 21, 2024 | 2024
Who needs help? I don’t see many hands raised these days in answer to this question. Perhaps that’s due to other questions with which we wrestle within ourselves: Isn’t God enough? Don’t we have the Internet, our family, and/or the church we attend for...
by Ron Regenstreif | Oct 14, 2024 | 2024
I think we all have dreams. They begin when we are young and as we develop desires around the pleasures this life offers. Dreaming, or in other words, envisioning our goals or aims in life, seems to be the way we’re wired. And it’s not a bad thing. Much of what we...
by Susan Kunselman | Oct 7, 2024 | 2024
I began treatment for Stage 3 breast cancer in June 2011. The plan was for chemo first, with surgery to follow and lastly, radiation. I was told the next 6 months would need to have a singular focus – fighting the unwelcome intruder in my body that had the power to...
by Ron Regenstreif | Sep 30, 2024 | 2024
Difficulties. No matter how we may try, there is no way to avoid them! We will all face our “portion” of difficulty in life. Most of the time, the difficulties we face aren’t our fault. Sadly, sometimes they are. In whichever way we encounter them, there is also...
by Mike Ames | Sep 16, 2024 | 2024
It might seem odd to talk about what something is not, as a way to explain it. But sometimes it can be enlightening to examine a subject from that point of view. It can help us come to new, fresh perspectives about a subject that we couldn’t see previously. So, that...
