Taking fresh steps
to a God-given,
hope-filled
future!

March 24, 2023
We were desperate to know what to do. We were entering the seventh year of church renewal. There had been lots of change, lots of conversations with members, lots of

March 19, 2023
The hotel restaurant was packed. The only seat available with a view of the Big 10 football game was at the bar. On my right was a group of young

March 10, 2023
I had just finished presenting a report to the council to direct ministry toward the neighborhood surrounding the church. Several church leaders had served on the team that spent months

March 3, 2023
I played volleyball in high school and I loved it. We had some good years and we had some bad years, some good coaching and some not-so-great coaching; but I

February 25, 2023
The card game of Rook requires you to look at the cards you are dealt, figure out how many tricks you can take, and come up with a bid (or

February 21, 2023
This phrase from my father drove me crazy: “If so-and-so jumped off a silo, would you follow them?” First of all, he was making a lame joke by making a

February 9, 2023
I believe leadership skills are developed first and foremost from the combination of what has been modeled for us and what experience has taught us. My first great leadership model

February 3, 2023
We have done a deep dive into the obscure miracle story in Luke 7.  In our final look at this passage, I want to highlight the final phrase, shouted by

January 30, 2023
I am not a morning person. I wish I was. I have learned to get up early out of necessity, but I don’t like it and I still need a