Our Ukrainian invasion
In April 2022, I was attending USMB Leadership Board meetings in San Diego, and I was having difficulty focusing. My mind was drifting 17...
Pointless
Ava swished the last of the breakfast dishes in soapy water. George had cooked, so Ava cleaned up. Ava loved a good breakfast, and...
Deep and wide
Barna Group estimates that about 70 percent of students entering college as Christians will leave with little to no faith. I don’t know about...
Tell your story
It’s been reported that 75 percent of people fear public speaking more than death. I probably believed that the day I shared my testimony...
Joining God at work
On one side of Renewal MB Church, a four-year-old church plant in north Rapid City, S.D., is I-90, an interstate that can take you...
Backward discipleship
Just what does a follower of Jesus do? How do we become effective disciples of Jesus? To answer these questions, I hang my hat...
WDJD: What did Jesus do?
WWJD—What would Jesus do? We see this question everywhere, from car bumper stickers to Internet memes to the once-ubiquitous wristbands. And it is a...
When anxiety takes root
In the fall of 2019, my church offered a five-week home group study on the topic of anxiety. Little did we know just how...