Two weeks ago, when Denny and I took a few days off, we drove north to Lake Superior, to what’s known in Minnesota simply as the “North Shore.” If we had to choose a favorite place on the planet, this would probably be it. We rented a cottage on the lake near Two Harbors, and… Read More
Today is All Saints’ Sunday; last week was Reformation Sunday—both have much to say about what it means to be a follower of Jesus Christ. Today we remember a dozen people who have gone from this world to the next in the past year—half of them in just the last few weeks. People whose lives,… Read More
It’s Reformation Sunday—last year marked the 500th anniversary of the reformation of the 16th century. That Reformation of the church that began on October 31, 1517, when Martin Luther posted a list of 95 issues that he wanted the church to discuss. Luther had been reading and studying the Bible and had discovered that the… Read More
Denny’s maternal grandfather was a farmer in southwest Minnesota. Albert Kersten was the oldest of 12 children born on that farm more than a century ago and he lived in the same house from birth until he retired from farming. When he retired, he and Denny’s grandma bought a house in Springfield and moved into… Read More
Last week, our association, LCMC, held it’s 18th Annual Gathering in Des Moines. And the theme, appropriately enough, was “Growing Up.” We’re 18 years old now and we expect our 18 year olds to begin to act like grown ups. We all understand that. Few things are more irritating to most of us than a… Read More