The joyous Christmas season has past. The sobering New Year’s Resolution period is upon us. Many Americans make New Year’s Resolutions....

I absolutely love the last week of the year. It is perfectly nestled between the heights of Christmas and the hustle of the beginning of...

Every year as a church we do a magical, powerful Christmas Eve service. We sing carols, we hear someone’s story of faith, and we have the...

This time of year we tend to start to hear the classic sounds of Christmas. Whether it be the familiar Christmas songs on the radio,...

Christmas is a busy time. So many choices we must make. Where will we celebrate the holidays? Who are you buying presents for? Do we buy...

If there is one thing I tend to hear folks talk a lot about, it’s that they are seeking to discover God’s will for their lives. It can be...

I think it is easy this time of year to be reminded to be thankful. Even if you were somehow oblivious to the season, having Thursday and...

Christmastime brings out nostalgia, fabulous foods, we may indulge in once a year, and songs we enjoy for such a short time (unless you...

In 1608, a congregation of disgruntled English Protestants from the village of Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, left England and moved to...

Julie, my wife, leads our English Learning Class that we do at the church building every Monday evening. I am not usually involved, but...

Each year, thousands of shoeboxes are sent out to over 150 countries around the world. The strange part? They are not just full of shoes....

What does it mean to belong? It is a question I have asked myself so many times. Hi, if we haven’t met before my name is Nate Hayden and...

Years ago, I gave a presentation to a group of business leaders. I was a novice general manager. During the question-and-answer period, a...

Next week we are going to go see our brand-new granddaughter in Denver. My son Josh and his wife, Mari had a little girl named Avery. To...

My wife showed me the story below. I am sharing it this month instead of writing a blog. I hope you enjoy it. I did. When Billy Graham...

Dear Brother Kevin! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your help in our ministry in Ukraine! We received $2,000 from you a week...

This summer we hit our goals for the Love INC of Carver County Back-to-School drive. We donated over 75 boxes of crayons, 300 glue...

We have had a number of people go public with their faith. In Psalm 107:2 it says, “Let the redeemed of the Lord say so. Whom He has...

I have always enjoyed the question asked in a joke by the comedian Professor Irwin Corey. “What is man’s greatest invention? Answer: the...

Our intent at our first visit to Westbrook Community Church was to quietly observe and just check things out. We were coming from a...