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Scripture: Matthew 22:15-22 My brother is sixteen months younger than me.  Being that close in age meant that once my sister was born, my brother and I had to share a room which we did for about twelve years.   Being so close in age as children we tended to like a lot of the same … [Read more…]

Scripture: Philippians 3:4-14 In 1998 a man in Michigan bought a farm, as he was touring the property, the old farmer told a story about an old rock next to a barn.  According to this farmer, the rock was found in a small crater on the property in the 1930s and it was a meteorite.   … [Read more…]

Scripture:  Philippians 2:1-13 In 2017 Abigail and I took a trip to California and while there we went to Disneyland.  I had been to Disney World in Florida previously, but this was my first time to the California location.  I was looking forward to this because Disneyland has a couple of rides that are not … [Read more…]

This year we are joining LaCrosse and Hanna United Methodist Churches in a joint mission project called Operation Christmas Child.   In September, two people from Hanna UMC came to share this project with us, but in case you missed it or wanted more information, I wanted to make sure we are all on the same … [Read more…]

Scripture:  Philippians 1:21-30 I am not the biggest football in the world, and honestly it is fairly rare for me to watch a full football game.  However, of all the games that I have watched over the years there is one that stands out in my memory more than any other.  While I am not … [Read more…]

Scripture:  Romans 14:1-13 Back in 2019 I was able to attend the Star Wars celebration in Chicago, which was kind of like a dream come true for me.  However, I was a little anxious about going, and one of the interactions I had on the second day showed why.  I was in line to be … [Read more…]

Scripture:  Matthew 16:21-28 There have been a lot of successful game shows over the years, but one of the most enduring has been Family Feud.   There is a good chance that you have some familiarity with this show that pits two families against each other to guess the top answers given to various survey questions.  … [Read more…]

Scripture:  Matthew 16: 13-20 The United Methodist church is a connectional church.   As many of you are aware one of the prominent ways that local churches experience that connection is in how a church gets pastors.  Clergy are not hired by the local church but they are appointed by the conference. So in February of … [Read more…]

It was October of 1999,  Fall break was ending, and I  had just gotten back to the campus of the University of Evansville.   This was my freshman year of college and for whatever reason I was among the first ones back to campus.   I was bored and looking for a reason to not do homework.  … [Read more…]

Scripture:  Matthew 15:10-20 Last Sunday my son got to go to the Pennzoil 200, the NASCAR race that takes place at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.  He went with my dad who has been attending the NASCAR races at the speedway since the first Brickyard 400 back in 1994.  For decades now NASCAR has been the … [Read more…]