McDonald’s. Text messages. Amazon Prime. ATMs. Google. The retired Concorde. What do all these things have in common? They are all spelled the same way: F-A-S-T In the United States of America, we put a special emphasis on receiving things and accomplishing things as quickly as possible. On the one hand, that’s okay, since our more »

Today, August 22, 2016, the fall semester of classes begins at Faith Baptist Bible College & Theological Seminary. Since 2009, I have been enrolled as a full-time student every semester, always enjoying this first day of classes. But today, August 22, 2016, I am in Crato, Ceara, Brasil, finishing up an incredible summer of ministry more »

I love little kids. They love life. They love to explore what life has to offer. They also know that there are many things they cannot do or experience on their own, and they are often humble enough and carefree enough to ask for help. I love it when kids come to me and ask more »

Has there ever been a time in your life when you just didn’t know what to do next? I’m not talking about last week when you woke up with a cough and didn’t know whether you should go to work or school. Nor am I talking about the other day when you ate a huge more »

In the past, I wasn’t the biggest fan of weddings. As a child I went to weddings with my family and a couple times in my “later years” I had the privilege of playing music for the weddings of close family members or friends. But I never was too enthralled with them. I enjoyed the more »

20 years and counting… Wow, it’s been a long time, but the vapor of the last 20 years has also been fleeting. Praise the Lord there are many more to come! On this evening on March 15, 1995, I knelt at my bedside and received Jesus Christ as my Savior. It is one of those 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 »

I read the message and could hardly contain my excitement. I had to tell somebody. Anybody! So at supper I told Uncle Jim and Aunt Julie the exciting news, “I get to be the captain of my soccer team this fall!” After finishing my third season of soccer, I had a lot of reflecting to more »

Trailing Calvary Bible College 0-1 late in the game, we sat on the sidelines hoping for something, anything good to happen. Our guys had fought hard in the Saturday afternoon heat, but still we had little go our way. All of a sudden, defender Aaron Nilius cleared a ball from midfield, and from 35 yards 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 »