Reminders From a Road Trip

The trip from Park River to Grand Forks is a pretty mundane trip. There are no mountains, big cities, significant landmarks, or even coffee shops on the way. The destination isn’t even that exciting (unless you are going to a Sioux hockey game). I guess when it...

Suffering

“I had only heard about you before, but now I have seen you with my eyes.  I take back everything I said and I sit in dust and ashes to show my repentance.” Job 42:5, 6 NLT I was struck recently by a sermon I read by James B. Torrance titled, “Why Does God Let Men...

Smaug’s Treasure and God’s Protection

With great excitement the children gather around the young adult. They are ready to run around, play, laugh and have a great time. The game, “Smaug’s Treasure” is quite simple. One participant designated “Smaug” endeavors to guard some...

Epiphany

Today is the 10th Day of the Christmas season.  I mentioned this before, but it is worth saying again; Christmas begins on Christmas Day, not Black Friday.  The true Christmas season lasts for 12 days from December 25 to January 5.[1] This means on January 6 the...

The Serpent in the Wilderness

          “And the people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we loathe this worthless food.” Then the LORD sent fiery serpents among the...

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