The Song That Never Ends
“Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. His love endures forever.” (Psalm 136:1, NIV) Sheri Lewis was a puppeteer/ventriloquist. Her best-known creation is a wooly-looking sock puppet called…
Year: 2021
The Prodigal Brother
One of Jesus’ most well-known parables is that of the Prodigal Son. Countless sermons, works of art, novels, and movies have explored the beauty of that parable. The Prodigal Son…
Build Up One Another
Following Jesus is not an adventure in solitude. The Bible pictures followers as a flock of many sheep, as the many parts of the body, and as the stones of…
Eight Years and Counting
This November, Lambchow marks eight years of ministry through writing, publishing, and emailing. In that first article, (In The Wilderness) I considered the plight of the crowd just before Jesus…
An Overcoming Life
Reading the Bible and hearing those precious promises can be disheartening at times. We read about how we overwhelmingly conquer through Jesus in Romans 8:37, but our lives may feel…
Jesus Said That?! Radical Love
Every year folks flock to the beach. They enjoy the warmth of the sun, play in the sand and surf, some may do a bit of surfing or snorkeling. A…
Start Here/Grow Here – The Real Harvest
We often measure ourselves and others by the wrong standard. Where I live, our corn grows tall. Often well over seven feet. That growth is a combination of good seed,…
Raise the Sails
For a moment think about a small boat or raft. The kind of vessel you’d see on a small lake or slow-moving river. It’s not a large boat, but one…
Send Out Your Light and Love
This past weekend, while Betty and I were wandering around a Wisconsin antique and craft mall, I saw this sign – The Journey is the Destination. While that sounds good,…
Start Here/Grow Here – The Main Thing
It doesn’t take long to figure out that Christ-followers come in many different packages. It sometimes seems more like consumerism than spirituality as different groupings elevate their differences. Do you…
May Peace Be Here
Psalm 122 begins, “I was glad when they said to me, ‘Let us go to the house of the Lord.’ ” (Psalm 122:1, NASB95) But sadly, the emotions some feel…
Jesus Said That?! Radical Life
Consider all of the things science can do. Like understanding the Human Genome to the point of analyzing and distinguishing individual differences and wired in traits. Whether you agree or…