Worry, Stress, Anxiety, Oh My!
“Casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.” (1 Peter 5:6–7, NASB95) Sounds simple, right? When worry, stress, and anxiety find their ways into our lives all…
Month: January 2014
Got Living Water?
There is a project in my garage waiting to be tackled, Grandpa Joe’s windmill. It’s a three-legged prairie windmill that was originally used to pump water from a farmer’s well.…
Freeze Frame: a Faulty Assumption
Ever have this experience? You meet someone in a store, a restaurant, or out on the street. You know that you know them, but can’t quite place them or recall…
Lost Son
Anyone that has raised a three-year-old knows this conversation or something like it: Dad: Tommy, it’s time to go to bed. Tommy: why? Dad: because it’s 8:30 Tommy: why is…
Lost Keys
I’ve lost my keys. Not all my keys, just the spare keys for the car my wife drives. So now, every time we go somewhere in her car I have…
Lost Sheep
During my youth, we raised sheep for 4-H and FFA projects. One night, very earlier in my sheep raising career, we received a phone call from a neighbor. He had…
What’s In Your Barn?
The barn is the most versatile storehouse on a farmstead. Most are multi-leveled and multi-purpose. A neighbor in my childhood had a three level barn. The lower level housed the…
Misplaced Hope
There is a military philosophy called overwhelming force. Essentially, the philosophy states that you bring enough firepower and manpower so that any battle becomes a “sure thing” instead of an…
A Simple Word
My great-grandfather, Louis Reeser, had a knack for nicknames. Not only could he come up with interesting names but they stuck. It was a trait passed down from his father.…
Get Praising!
There is something about music, particularly praise songs, that seeps deep into our souls. A few months back my grandfather passed away. During the funeral, my grandmother sang along with…