I forgot to give my husband his birthday card this year. I didn’t forget his birthday. That would be unforgivable. I just forgot the card. Actually, I didn’t forget, I had it in the drawer at home, but we weren’t at home on his birthday. So to my credit, I got him a card; I just didn’t ...

I got to thinking about winter the other day. Which is sad because we went from this terrible wet weather stretch (I call it terrible but it did replenish the groundwater). Anyway, we went from that into fall. I didn’t get a gradual conversion from summer to autumn. Now I am just complaining ...

I forgot to give my husband his birthday card this year. I didn’t forget his birthday. That would be unforgivable. I just forgot the card. Actually, I didn’t forget, I had it in the drawer at home, but we weren’t at home on his birthday. So to my credit, I got him a card; I just didn’t ...

“Remebering” When I move back to Iowa to begin my ministry, there was an older man on the church board that had a warming smile, quiet disposition and the ability to think through situations in life. I later learned that Don was involved in a 12 step program and that over the years he had ...

Everyone is familiar with the common coloration of the white-tailed deer found in Iowa. However, the Iowa DNR receives a few calls every year about Whitetail that are predominantly white. Whitetail Deer with coloration that is more than 50 percent white cannot be legally harvested in Iowa. ...

I got to thinking about winter the other day. Which is sad because we went from this terrible wet weather stretch (I call it terrible but it did replenish the groundwater). Anyway, we went from that into fall. I didn’t get a gradual conversion from summer to autumn. Now I am just complaining ...

What drives your life? “I owe, I owe, so off to work I go,” says the message on a car bumper sticker. Or you may hear someone saying, “I am tired of my life or tired of living.” But debt is really the shaft drive of your existence? Or being tired the driving force of your life? What ...

We all start out in life as self-centered beings. It’s a necessity to survival. Problem is, in our current culture we too often fail to grow out of this sense of entitlement. If we want it we should have it. We believe the world owes us. Not true. But it happens all the time - this belief ...

Jim’s car is swerving all over the road so a cop pulls him over, “Step out of the car” says the cop, “I am going to need you to take a breathalyzer test.” “I can’t”, Jim responds. “You see I have very bad asthma that can set off an attack.” “Alright,” says the cop, ...

Fall is upon us. Each year I think I remind you that fall is my favorite season. And I will almost always state that it never lasts long enough for me. With the wet weather that we have experienced, I feel for the farmers and the difficulty that this fall has meant for harvest. Maybe we have ...