by Pastor Dan Upon meeting a new family recently, I was quickly asked to pray for them.  This was somewhat surprising because I had not said anything about my belief in God to them.  When I inquired a...  Read More

Maybe you have heard phrases like, “Why is all this happening to me?” or “I can’t seem to catch a break!”   In my late teens and early twenties, at least one evening a week, I would go to the local yo...  Read More

This story is from what I like to call my “jungle journaling” during my time in Peru.  As the noise from the generator subsides and the jungle’s noises emerge through the silence, there is a small gro...  Read More

I remember as a young man, I could not wait until I got my license to drive.  Now, growing up on the farm, I was already driving on the road, but there were limits to how far I could go.  I wanted to ...  Read More

A few years ago, I attended a funeral for a friend of mine.  My friend was a very well-to-do person.  In terms of money and influence in the business world, you would say that this person was a succes...  Read More

We are continuing the series of articles from the book of Proverbs in the Bible.  They are very practical for our life today even though they were written many years ago. I remember in 2005 sensing th...  Read More

Recently, I ran into a person who is a regular reader of this article, and they asked me why I chose Proverbs for a number of these writings.  I simply said that we need common sense conversations and...  Read More

We are continuing the series of articles from the book of Proverbs in the Bible.  They are very practical for our life today even though they were written many years ago. The life of a Pastor is inter...  Read More

We are continuing the series of articles from the book of Proverbs in the Bible.  They are very practical for our life today even though they were written many years ago. As a young boy, I had a recur...  Read More

We are continuing the series of articles from the book of Proverbs in the Bible.  They are very practical for our life today even though they were written many years ago. A few weeks ago, I was in Pue...  Read More

Back at the end of 2019 and the beginning of 2020, I wrote some articles about some verses in Proverbs.  I thought it might be interesting to look at some more verses from Proverbs.  It is interesting...  Read More

Back at the end of 2019 and the beginning of 2020, I wrote some articles about some verses in Proverbs.  I thought it might be interesting to look at some more verses from Proverbs.   I recently was t...  Read More