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JFK at Clearwater Christian College
I was with Jack and Cathy Klem this weekend at Clearwater Christian College. Jack follows Dick Stratton as the fifth president and was inaugurated on Friday. Over the last ten years we have felt a very...
View ArticleLooking Ahead
One of the primary reasons I write on a blog is that I feel a great sense of responsibility to the next generation. I believe God in His sovereignty and grace has placed me in a unique position that...
View ArticleBe Still
Why is it so hard to slow down and be still? I think part of it is the spirit of this age and part of it is our own self absorbed nature. We love to do things because it makes us feel better about...
View ArticleBeing Still and Knowing God
I have had some good discussions since Monday’s posting on Psalm 46:10. One of these was with my dad – who constantly challenges me with what God is teaching him. He noted that one of the ways we...
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Steve Viars in Chapel
Steve Viars challenged our students on Wednesday about the incredible opportunities that the church has in reaching its community. He warned against a “fortress mentality” and urged us to reach out in...
View ArticleHow Long?
“O Lord, How long shall I cry for help, and you will not hear?” (Habakkuk 1:2). I have prayed this so many times. How often we feel the same, wondering why God does not step in and answer our prayers....
View ArticleAgendas & People
“Nothing I have to do today is as important as the people I will meet.” That is a pretty good way to start your day. How quickly we become so consumed with what we have to do and where we have to go...
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Rocky Mountain Youth Conference
Chris Anderson and I got to share speaking opportunities in Denver at the Rocky Mountain Youth Conference. (Yes, Jack Klem, you can thank me for the free Clearwater advertising in the background of...
View ArticleNever Once
Thank you to Matt Redman for these lyrics. Never Once Standing on this mountaintop Looking just how far we’ve come Knowing that for every step You were with us Kneeling on this battle ground Seeing...
View ArticleThe Discipline of the Quiet Place
The last three and a half years of his life, Jesus was incredibly busy. He taught and worked tirelessly as pressing crowds cried out to him with their needs. He was surrounded by the tyranny of the...
View ArticleCommon Sense & the Will of God
We tend to think that what “makes common sense” will most likely be the will of God for us. It is not wrong to use the common sense that God gave us but don’t count on your calculations unless you have...
View ArticleI Missed It!
Last Saturday, while talking a walk with Diane, I commented on how I thought that this was the most beautiful fall we have enjoyed since we moved to northeast Wisconsin eleven years ago. Her take?...
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Why Do You Worry?
Have you ever stopped to consider how much time you spend worrying about things? We are Christians and we worry as if there is no God. Turn your thinking back from what “might happen” to what you know...
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Job Wants to Know Why
Job wants to know why and so do I! This morning I found myself reading Job in my Chronological reading plan. The entire book seems to be a search in trying to answer that question. Job wants to know...
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Steve Viars in Chapel
Steve Viars challenged our students on Wednesday about the incredible opportunities that the church has in reaching its community. He warned against a “fortress mentality” and urged us to reach out in...
View ArticleHow Long?
“O Lord, How long shall I cry for help, and you will not hear?” (Habakkuk 1:2). I have prayed this so many times. How often we feel the same, wondering why God does not step in and answer our prayers....
View ArticleAgendas & People
“Nothing I have to do today is as important as the people I will meet.” That is a pretty good way to start your day. How quickly we become so consumed with what we have to do and where we have to go...
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Rocky Mountain Youth Conference
Chris Anderson and I got to share speaking opportunities in Denver at the Rocky Mountain Youth Conference. (Yes, Jack Klem, you can thank me for the free Clearwater advertising in the background of...
View ArticleNever Once
Thank you to Matt Redman for these lyrics. Never Once Standing on this mountaintop Looking just how far we’ve come Knowing that for every step You were with us Kneeling on this battle ground Seeing...
View ArticleThe Discipline of the Quiet Place
The last three and a half years of his life, Jesus was incredibly busy. He taught and worked tirelessly as pressing crowds cried out to him with their needs. He was surrounded by the tyranny of the...
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