Inefficient and Undignified: Part 2, August 2012

After recalibrating their regard for the holiness of God and the ark, David leads Israel by bringing the ark into Jerusalem.  David knows how to make an entrance!  2 Samuel 6:12-19 and 1 Chronicles 15-16 depict an exuberant celebration.  There are many instruments...

Meet the Contis

The Conti family of New York still looks at their photo album from the Inheritance of Hope Legacy Retreat at Disney World in January 2011. “I’ve even looked at it just recently,” said Angela, 45. “We still cry over it, but it’s happy tears now because my husband just...

Ask BIG

The other night my family and I stopped at a new convenience center in town that is way better then your average gas station.  Yes, they sell gasoline, snacks and drinks but they also have a full deli and a pay-by-the-ounce yogurt and topping bar.  Well, as we got out...

Inefficient and Undignified by IOH, Part 1

2 Samuel 6 is not often cited as a favorite Bible story.  It features God killing a well-intentioned man, an immodestly dressed and wildly dancing king, and a fierce marital spat.  Could such a story have any value for us today? This story is situated near the end of...

Meet the Lanhams

Larry Lanham, his wife, Michelle, and daughters Madison and Maggie raise sheep and cattle on their 38-acre farm in Corbin, Kentucky. Larry has worked the same job providing housing for the elderly for 26 years. However, the last five years have been anything but...

Life Legacies

I received the following on a card from my grandmother and I have had it displayed next to my bed since then.  It really spoke to me. Live Deep Never stop learning, playing, or finding wonder in the world around you.  Live the length of your life, but live the depth...

Don’t Quit

I was once asked in a job interview what the quote I live by was and my answer was the poem “Don’t Quit.” I was thinking of the attendees of the May Retreat and realized how fitting this is for all of them.  I think this is especially true for the...

Pointless Compassion – June 2012

In Luke 10:25-37, Jesus tells a story which has become widely known, even beyond Christian circles.  The basic plot is this.  A traveler is attacked half to death and left on the road; two religious leaders pass by, but an outsider has compassion and helps the...

Meet the Felkers

Before last summer, neither 17-year-old Seth nor his 13-year-old sister, Mandie, had ever been on an airplane. Yet in June of last year, the entire Felker family from Alliance, a small town in northwest Nebraska, boarded a plane to Disney World in Orlando, where they...