Well, I just realized that I never wrote about rest of the Family Fun Nights that we had at Bennington Baptist Church this summer. I wrote about our Western night and what a great evening it was. We had an amazing turnout that we had prepared for but were definitely not expecting, and it encouraged more »
The sweltering heat gave way to the cool evening air as the sun quietly made it’s way down the horizon. Wiping the sweat from his brow, the cowboy-looking figure carefully dismounted his camera from its tripod and gently reloaded his backpack. “Home on the Range” had been a success, and now it was time to more »
One of my weaknesses is my tendency to do things slowly. I like slow. I like deliberate. I like to think about what I’m doing and enjoy the moment. When I worked at IRBC, I loved my job as the photographer because I was never in a rush to be anywhere after meals. I could more »
As I drove away from the elementary school where we had our Sunday morning service in Bennington, NE several weeks ago, a small sign on the street corner caught my eye. “Volunteers Needed. Bennington Soccer Club.” WHAT?! How can I get involved in that?! One of my goals in going to Bennington for a year-long more »
In the last couple weeks I have received about a dozen prayer letters via email from missionaries that I know. As a result of reading a wide assortment of these missionary updates, and after writing one myself yesterday, I came to the conclusion that there are specific ways to make a prayer letter more effective. Now, obviously, just more »
So I’ve been thinking a lot about the church lately… You might say, “Well, of course. You’re doing a church planting internship!” Yes, that’s true, but that’s only part of it. Another part of it is simply the fact that I see local churches everywhere I go, whether in Omaha or in the Des Moines area. more »
I love how Hebrews 12 begins: “Seeing then that we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses…” In the context the author is urging his readers to live in faith, following the example of the many men and women of faith mentioned in Hebrews 11. As I begin my church planting internship and more »
No, pastors and church planters don’t have one-day work weeks, preaching on Sunday and then taking rest of the week off. Sunday is only the end of one week of hard work and the beginning of another. Yesterday was my first full day in Bennington for my internship. In fact, in all my trips out more »
The sun was shining, the snow was melting, and the wind was blowing slightly. A golden ’95 Toyota Camry meandered its way through several wind farms, clipping along at a steady 70 miles per hour. Leaving a growing city of familiarity and comfort, the vehicle’s operator traveled 2 1/2 hours away to a city of more »