The fence was about 50 feet long, with a gate, and was made entirely out of bamboo. On the morning of our first work day on our mission trip in Chilca, Peru...

#BLESS I’m not sure why “hashtags” became a thing. I mean, I’d always thought it was the ‘pound’ sign, or the ‘number’ sign. At some point in the early day...

When Pastor Pete asked me if I would be willing to share some of the ways God is leading me to love people to life, my first thought was “oh no, not me. I’m ...

Have you ever been lost? I don’t get lost much – I have a decent sense of direction. But I remember a time when I was lost and didn’t even know it until it...

Sometimes you get bit even when everything is going great. I was fresh off our mission trip to Peru. It was an amazing experience where we met some great pe...

LIFE Story… Teresa & Frank Morris have been attending Medina Naz for quite a few years now. They have 4 children, Kyle, Colin, and the twins, Kaelyn & Carson...

I enjoy my smartphone. These mini-computers we carry in our pockets can do so much, and I’m sure there’s a lot that mine can do that I don’t even know about...

It’s no secret that we adopted our kids. Claire was adopted in Wichita, Kansas, and although there’s Korean blood in her gene pool somewhere upstream, she’s...

This year everything started breaking at our house. I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised. It just seemed to happen all at once. First it was our white mi...

As a child, I can remember the glorious day when the JC Penny Christmas catalog came in the mail! Of course it was long before Amazon.com or EBay had ever b...

As you probably know, a few weeks back our family was privileged to serve for a week on a mission trip at a children’s home, Esperanza de Ana, in Chilca, Per...

And…I’m back! It is great to be back at the helm of our church! What a wonderful gift you gave me in this Sabbatical time away. Thank you for all of your ...

It was a beautiful day. The sun was shining. The birds were singing. It was over 60 degrees on a January afternoon. I figured it’d be a great day to run ...

I’ve always loved to laugh. I seem to be able to see the funny in almost any situation, and I’m a huge fan of a well-crafted, clever joke. Of course, one-l...

I love to laugh at funny ways kids get things mixed up, especially when it comes to things related to church. For instance, there are lists of examples of w...

In 1839, pastor Robert Murray M’Cheyne took some extended time away from his church in Dundee, Scotland. In April of that year, he went on a mission trip to...

Everything seems to be connected. I saw recently on a nature documentary that part of the reason why the Amazon Jungle and Rainforest in South America is so ...

I’m a ‘do-er.’ If I see that something needs to be done, I tend to do it. This is true around our house all the time. Whether it’s mowing the lawn, fixing...

Our family loves going to garage sales. I admit, usually there’s a whole lot of junk, and we walk away from quite a few empty-handed, but we keep going back ...

When you hear the word, ‘core,’ a lot of different images might spring to mind. The core of something is the center. It provides stability, like when you’re ...