50 years ago, today, Martin Luther King Jr., was shot and killed on a hotel balcony in Memphis. Dr. King’s assassination was in response to his powerful voice of leadership in the civil rights movement of the 1950’s and 60’s. On August 28, 1963, Dr. King preached, “I have a dream that my four little […]
For almost two millennia, Christians around the world have celebrated Easter Sunday. That’s a very long time. Wherever there are Christians, there’s a celebration of Easter. How come? Why is Easter a big deal? Good News Easter celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. But this is just one triumphant moment in a […]
Sometimes work is just hard. More than that, sometimes it’s painful! Stressful! I’ve lived through seasons of job stress that caused me to lose sleep, have chest pains, and want to run away. No joke. I had to seriously change the way I thought about work and how I did my work to survive. I […]
Last month, I wrote about the work that the Elder Board has been doing for the past months on a church facility project. It’s exciting to consider how owning our own facility will enable us to expand our ministry in the Fox Valley for years to come! Just think of the people who will be eternally changed by our mission of sharing […]
“It’s just a piece of paper, right? We don’t need to get married to prove our love for each other!” I hear this from time to time from people who are hesitant to get married. Caution is understandable given the number of bitterly painful divorces. There’s real destruction left in the wake of a broken […]
