Where is Jesus??

I am starting to get restless a little at school.  We have less than thirty days until school is out.  Although I am excited, I am going to miss everyone that will be leaving.  We have a strange setup here, kinda, at seminary.  The only people I can more or less be guaranteed to see more than a single … [Read more…]

Loss takes a toll

Yesterday, I started to watch the movie, Telling Nicholas, in my Loss and Grief class.  The story is of a seven year old boy, whose mother was in one of the Twin Towers of New York, at the time of the 911 attacks.  The story is a documentary around the telling of Nicholas that his mother is … [Read more…]

New web site

I just got this new site up and running.  I thought it would be best to put a new post out.   You may notice some issues with some of the past posts of mine.  It appears that the import module I used, missed some of the spaces between words.  I will go back and … [Read more…]

The Picture Says it ALL

Okay, so this picture has some words to help out but it does say it all!

Job Loss Family Time Loss

As some of you may know, my wife took a new job so that she could move out to Dubuque and be with our family.  She has been working at the company for three weeks now.  However on Monday she received notice that she was being laid off for one or two weeks.  She took … [Read more…]

Works and Law

Jacob:  Pastor, I heard from someone today, that Jesus has freed us from the law and thus we can live as we please. Pastor:  Well Jacob, you are correct that Jesus has freed us from the law and in a sense, yes we can live as we please.  However, I need to ask you something.  … [Read more…]

What is going on here?

I want to give some background information on a death and then ask some questions for you to ponder and maybe even respond to. I know a man who’s mother died nearly sixteen years ago.  She had cancer for several years prior to dying.  When she died, she had been living several states away.  She … [Read more…]

Dealing with Loss of Money

Well, we can all relate to this one.Hey, for any of you that are like me and need all the money you can for Seminary, check out http://www.SeminaryScholarship.com sponsored by Logos.com  You can get up to $1,000.00 as a scholarship.  Not only that, if you buy Logos and get awarded the scholarship, they will still give you … [Read more…]

Need Money for Seminary Like Me?

Hey, for any of you that are like me and need all the money you can for Seminary, check out http://www.SeminaryScholarship.com sponsored by Logos.com  You can get up to $1,000.00 as a scholarship.  Not only that, if you buy Logos and get awarded the scholarship, they will still give you the money, plus refund your … [Read more…]

Loss of a Monkey

At this point I suspect most of you have heard of the passing, and very unexpected passing of Davy Jones, one of the members of a 60’s group called the Monkeys.  I remember growing up and watching their show on TV, or at least some of the re-runs I for sure recall.  I have their … [Read more…]