One night, as I checked on my sleeping preschooler before going to bed, out of nowhere – a vision of her almost being hit by a car popped into my mind. I was scared to death. It felt so real. I started praying immediately, begging God to protect her and save her life. I covered…
Category: Faith
Back to School
Backpacks, schoolbooks, iPads, lunches, tennis shoes, gym clothes, fees for sports and other extracurricular activities, field trips, shopping for school clothes, “Who’s my teacher going to be this year?” and the list goes on and on! Gone are the “relaxing” days of summer. No more last-minute family fun days to the lake or pool, fishing,…
College Relationships
Are you a student about to head off to college? (Or a parent about to see your baby go off to college?) Do you want to see your faith not just survive in this new stage of life, but thrive? You may ask, what is the most important thing to my faith, and the answer…
Prophecy
When I was a kid, I grew up in a church that frequently spoke about prophecy. We had prophecy weekends, special prophecy speakers and prophecy studies. The teaching and studies about prophecy always related to the events around the second coming of Jesus and almost always included charts, graphs, specific fulfillment dates and predictions related…
Community
When I was growing up in south Minneapolis, my family knew everyone living on our block and many near our home. During the summers, we kids played outside all day long and into the night. One of our favorite games was kick the can. As families, we would have picnics with others living on our…