It's been a stormy week here in our neck of Nebraska. Hail, tornado warnings, floods and yes, rainbows. The six-plus inches that fell at our place last night filled our pond fuller than I've ever seen it. The concrete drain on the dam is completely submerged. Trees that used to line the bank are now six …
Spring Hiatus
During this break between our winter session on Tuesday mornings and our summer class here on the blog, I thought it might be fun to resurrect a few posts we've run in the past. I wrote today's post back in the summer of 2012, but since we are smack-dab in the middle of planting season …
Worth a Thousand Hallelujahs
I’d like to end our Summer Rain series back where we started—with worship. We’re a people created for worship. As the Westminster Catechism states: “The chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever.” Trouble is, we so often choose to turn our worship to the wrong things—athletes, musicians, sports teams, our …
Tumbleweeds and Trees
Tumbleweeds tell a story. Whether they’re plastered along a fencerow or bouncing down a highway, they speak of a dry and rootless life. They are the fruit of a barren wilderness. Jeremiah used them as an example when bringing this message from God: “Cursed is the strong one who depends on mere humans, who thinks …
Prayer in Dry Times
The blast of summer heat came early this year. Grass crunched underfoot sooner, plants curled with stress smaller, gaping cracks appeared in the ground quicker. I reached down and could put my whole hand into one of those cracks and never touch bottom. It was that dry and it was still June. So, when clouds …
Water for your Soul
If you’ve been a part of our Tuesday morning ministry for any length of time, you know that prayer is an important part of our time together. For many of us, our small groups are the highlight of our morning. These groups are where we get personal—where people know us by name. We share our …
Dance in the Rain
If you are anything like me, you are especially blessed on those Tuesday mornings when Shereen shares with us something from the Word and something from her heart, so sit back and enjoy with me this week as she shares her thoughts on Summer Rain: Summer rain . . . the phrase takes me back …
Summer Rain
At some point this summer we’re going to long for rain. It usually happens somewhere around late July or early August. The grass gets crunchy, the ground so dry, it cracks. The flowers and trees become brittle and droopy. The sun seems relentless on those days, the air like an oven. We’ve all been there. …
Equip Her 