Jun 4, 2016 | Blog
Jesse and Jessica Phillips have not even reached their mid twenties. They have been married less than three years. Yet they have set out on an adventure that has taken them far away from their New Sharon, Iowa home. They are now missionaries in Africa. Many people...
May 29, 2016 | Sermons
Mark 5:22-43 A friend once asked Isidor Rabi, a Nobel prize winner in science, how he became a scientist. Rabi replied that every day after school his mother would talk to him about his day. Instead of asking him what he had learned that day, she always inquired,...
May 22, 2016 | Sermons
Matthew 6:24-34 In 1979 the Coca Cola Company created a soft drink called Mello Yello. They wanted to portray the image that if you drank this soft drink you could mellow out – you could become detached from worry and stress and relax for a little while. I think...
May 15, 2016 | Sermons
Once Tina and I were told by one of our older son’s middle school teachers that he asked too many questions. We were not surprised. Our son had complained to us that when he asked questions he was discouraged from asking them. I think we understood both sides. The...
May 8, 2016 | Sermons
John 2:1-12 According to TheKnot.com, wedding budgets have grown over the past two years. That should not be surprising because the cost of everything keeps going up. The sticker shock for the average wedding has now risen from $29,858 in 2013 to $30,000. ...