Blog Posts

  • Accidental Life Advice

    Accidental Life Advice

    Sometimes in life, you come across advice that is good, not only for the activity you are learning, but for life in general. That happened to me at my latest boxing class. I was practicing some combinations with a rather “experienced” boxer. He was 61 years old man and had been boxing for quite some…

  • This Little Light of Mine…

    This Little Light of Mine…

    It’s amazing: the power of a candle. My family spends time doing a family devotion as part of our bedtime routine. It’s one small way to help the kids settle down and shift gears, in hopes of transitioning to sleeping children. (I’ll be honest: Bedtime has been a struggle for us for years…) Spending time…

  • Repurposed Garbage

    Repurposed Garbage

    (The following is a reprint of a Newsletter Article I wrote for Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church in Fargo, ND for April, 2025) It only took about a month, but I finally got all my boxes unpacked and my decorations up in my new office space. I still need to change around some furniture, but am…

  • Washing White Robes

    Washing White Robes

    I’ve begun preparing for the All Saints Day worship service that comes the first weekend in November. One of the texts usually read on that day is from Rev. 7:14, which says, “I said to him, ‘Sir, you know.’ And he said to me, ‘These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They…

  • Inconvenient Faith

    Inconvenient Faith

    They sure don’t make things like they used to. This week, my fridge popped a circuit. When I reset it, I found that my fridge was giving me a few error codes. After looking them up, I found out it’s likely that there is an ice buildup that is interfering with the fan and causing…