Tag: Faithfulness

  • Serving God in the ordinary

    We look for the spectacular. God looks for the faithful.

  • The thing about the promises of God

    Here is the “catch” with the promises of God. We still tend to equate “blessing” with “numbers.” 

  • Jesus takes note

    God doesn’t forget the ones who gave their all.

  • It’s just not that hard

    I returned from a funeral celebrating the life of a great lady. Her husband is a tremendous influence in my life. They pastored several churches in Minnesota, and I have the privilege of pastoring a church they served many years ago. The celebration of life was amazing as we heard from grandchildren about the faithfulness of their grandmother. Grandpa and…

  • The extraordinary in the ordinary

    Whenever I get tempted to think about a “significant” life in a way that means more “notoriety,” I will remember by grandmother. We laid her to rest today. She was 98 when she passed from this life to the next. She invented nothing. She wrote no books. She starred in no movies. She was born when radio, TV, automobile travel,…