Do you go through your days with a sense that your life is meaningful? Do you know why you are here? Are you confident of your purpose, your place, your function? The Bible completely answers these questions. What’s more, the Continue Reading →
This song is a great two-way chat to have with the Lord. Give it a listen, then come back and let me introduce you to the man who wrote it. His story is an inspiration! Continue Reading →
When I was a kid our family vacationed at a YMCA camp in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area of northern Minnesota. There I learned how to handle a canoe and pitch a tent. And there I learned to love singing Continue Reading →
Joy is defined different ways. Paul’s letter to the Galatians lists it as a “fruit of the spirit”. One dictionary definition is “a feeling of great pleasure and happiness.” God and joy are not strangers to each other, and I Continue Reading →
Classic song, timeless encouragement. Enjoy the song then we’ll talk some more. Who sings these kid’s songs? For a century and a half children around the world have been singing these simple but deep words. Is it only a children’s Continue Reading →
This encouraging song is one of many written by a person who overcame a noteworthy personal physical limit and, among other things, developed a wonderful capacity and platform to encourage others in the Lord. Please give her song a sing-along Continue Reading →
Here is another song by Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. He was born a few years before the Civil War and lived just past the end of WW I. Hymnary.org reports “His father was an excellent singer, and it always delighted Continue Reading →
Our song writer, Joseph Renville, was born in 1779 in a small village near the east bank of the Mississippi River in a place now called St. Paul, Minnesota, only four miles from where I was born 175 years later. Continue Reading →
This old hymn uses lovely imagery to describe a close walk with our living Lord. Please give it a sing-along listen and come back for a chat on kindness and on practicing the presence of God. “♫♪ How kind … Continue Reading →
Jesus said, “Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” All of us — whether we are getting to know Jesus for the first time or have greeted him 30,000 mornings Continue Reading →