Positive & Uplifting
I have been so blessed witnessing God’s people serve one another during the aftermath of the “Cedar Rapids Inland Hurricane of 2020.” When we got back from our family reunion on the evening of August 10th, we drove into the south part of Cedar Rapids and it looked like a war zone. Just hours before we pulled into…
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On my walk last week, I went by the construction site of Boulder Peak Elementary School in the Linn Mar School District. Just before I took this picture, I decided to stop and pray for the young minds and faculty who will inhabit this building for several hours each day for the very first time starting this fall. Would you be willing…
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So often, in my job, I am given the privilege of praying for those who support us, often in critical moments in their lives. Â It was something I was not expecting when I first came here nearly a decade ago…yet something that has given me great joy. Such has been the case during this COVID-19 crisis. As the lockdown period has drawn…
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I love it when people share their stories with us. Quite frankly, it’s the stories of changed lives that keep us going. For starters, it’s one of God’s promises that He’s doing something when his Word (embedded in Life 101.9 music) goes forth. “the words that come out of my mouth will not come back empty-handed.Â…
A famous basketball player was once quoted as saying, “you miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take.” Well…Yeah! Duh! The point was obviously that an important part of scoring is about taking a lot of swings rather than not taking any. But there is another part of the equation. You have to have a goal…
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Making memories. There’s nothing like it. And the older I get, the more important that becomes. Ask me what I want for Christmas, and I will struggle to tell you even one thing – unless that one thing is a memory. I guess that’s why we often say, “the best things in life are free.” There’s just …
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Need a simple teaching moment this Christmas? Take the kids or grand kids out shopping and when you hear the bell, make a donation to the Salvation Army and tell them the story of how the Army began. Or if you want to make a bigger impression on those little ones, why not sign up for a two hour shift and ring the bell this year with family members?…
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We said goodbye to Little Blue last week. We traded in Grandma’s little Toyota after nearly 200,000 faithful miles of trouble free service. It was bittersweet to say the least. We actually thought about keeping her a little longer because she still runs like a top but the timing seemed right to get something with fewer miles…
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School days, school days, dear old Golden Rule days… The Golden Rule. Hmmmm. Where did that idea come from and what does it mean? Turns out the Golden Rule is in the Bible. It’s part of what has become known as the “Sermon on the Mount” chronicled in the NT gospels of Matthew and Luke. The lesson of the Golden…
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So how do you break out of your holy huddle? You know about the holy huddle, don’t you. That’s the treadmill of activity that keeps you so involved in “church activities” that you don’t have time to cultivate relationships with people who see life differently than you do. Here’s how we form…
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I have been so blessed witnessing God’s people serve one another during the aftermath of the “Cedar Rapids Inland Hurricane of 2020.” When we got back from our family reunion on the evening of August 10th, we drove into the south part of Cedar Rapids and it looked like a war zone. Just hours before we pulled into…
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