It’s been an interesting week here in Greene, Iowa! Between Wednesday night and Friday, we received over 10 inches of rain, and much of the city of Greene near the Shell Rock River flooded. This week’s sermon is based on
Here are some of my pictures from the September, 2016, floods in Greene, Iowa. This overhead drone video gives a great view of how widespread the flooding was. This story from the Des Moines Register also gives a good overview of what
I’m a firm believer in the value of having a children’s message or children’s sermon during worship. These are some quick tips I wrote up for some confirmation students who are going to try giving a children’s message as part
This week was the Country Time fall festival at church (we served 850 meals!), so there were only two worship services instead of the usual three. The texts for this week are Luke 16:1-13 and Amos 8:4-7, as well as
The Greene Recorder has a biweekly column on faith and life written by local pastors. This is my first “Light For Our Path” column, published September 7, 2016. What Is Our Call? I’m new to this column, so before I