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There is a game that I used to play as a child called “hot potato.” The rules of the game were pretty simple: A group of people would form a circle, and toss a small object (such as a bean bag, ball, or even a real potato,) back and forth between each other while musicContinue reading “Hot Potato”

“Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.” 1 Corinthians 9:24 Up in the colder parts of North America, the dogsledding is a popular sport. People will harness together 10, 12, 14 dogs to their sled and go through trailsContinue reading “The Race to the Kingdom”

Good morning and welcome in. Today we’re going to take a look at a passage of scripture but before we do that I wanted to tell you a little story. When I was a young child our school bus used to come about 20 miles from town to pick up the kids on our roadContinue reading “Missing the Bus”

Good morning and welcome in. Today we’re going to take a look at a passage of scripture from the book of James. James 2:10-13 10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. 11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, DoContinue reading “Flunked Out”

What is something that you have tried to do, but you had trouble doing it correctly the first time, or even several times? Maybe you have tried to make something in the oven, but it didn’t turn out the way it should have. Maybe you had the oven on too hot and burned it, orContinue reading “Try and Try Again”

Good morning and welcome in. Today we’re going to take a look at a passage of scripture from the book of Colossians but before we do that I wanted to tell you a little story. When each of us rise up in the morning, we get dressed and put on our clothes.  Depending on theContinue reading “Warm Clothes”

Have you ever tried planting some seeds in a garden? If you have, then you probably know that not every seed will “germinate,” or sprout. I used to plant many of different kinds of seeds in our garden; tomatoes, beans, peas, corn, squash, etc. As our growing season in Minnesota is rather short, sometimes IContinue reading “Planting Seeds”

Good morning and welcome in. Today we are going to take a look at a passage of scripture but before that I wanted to tell you a story. Imagine that you wanted to be a car mechanic so you went off to school and studied at the Vo-Tech.  After passing all of your tests youContinue reading “The Diploma”

We have raised chickens for many years for their eggs, so we usually don’t need to buy our eggs from the grocery store. But one time sticks out in my memory: Our chickens for some reason were not producing as many eggs as usual so we had run out, and we needed to get someContinue reading “A Bad Egg”

“Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:” 1 Peter 5:5,6 If someoneContinue reading “Pride vs. Humility”