Author Archives: Pastor Dave

   I remember reading about a rancher who was offended by his pastor’s statement in a sermon that none of us really owns anything, that we are just stewards.  So, he invited the pastor and his wife to come to … Continue reading →

On a recent trip to Oregon to visit family, we went to the the gigantic Ikea store located next to the Portland International Airport. It is quite an amazing experience just wandering through their many displays organized as miniature rooms … Continue reading →

 Anyone who thinks little things shouldn’t bother you has never been in a tent with one “little” mosquito, or has never had a “little” piece of gravel in their shoe, or a “tiny little” wood sliver in their thumb, or … Continue reading →

   For about three months of the year the landscape around here is especially beautiful with the blanket of snow that comes sometime in November and with remnants that may linger until as late as March or early April.  All … Continue reading →

It has been quite a struggle for many of our athletes in the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. It has to be disappointing, having put in years of diligent, self-sacrificing training, and then to fail to make the podium … Continue reading →

Jesus said, “I will build My church and the gates of Hades shall not overpower it” (Mt. 16:18).  The church began at Pentecost, just 10 days after Christ ascended back to heaven. The Holy Spirit came to indwell believers and … Continue reading →

  Bob and Pat were serving as missionaries in the Philippines when she became pregnant. They had been praying for a son whom they could name Timothy after the young man that the Apostle Paul introduced to Christ, who ended … Continue reading →

Ever since the Fall of Man in the Garden of Eden (Gen.3), and then the confusion of languages at the Tower of Babel and the scattering of these language groups throughout the earth (Gen. 11), people groups have been at … Continue reading →

So, do you have any difficult people in your life—those who bring out the worst in you, who know how to “push your buttons,” who “get under your skin,” who seem to be a constant irritant to you, who just … Continue reading →

We took the train to Oregon for Christmas, which proved to be a good choice since more than a foot of snow came down here just before we returned. The roads would have been quite treacherous the day we returned.  … Continue reading →