• Advent: Joy

    Advent: Joy

    Week 4 Merriam-Webster defines “joy” as, “the emotion evoked by well-being, success, or good fortune or by the prospect of possessing what one desires.” The worldly definition of joy seems to…

  • A Boy Goes to War

    A Boy Goes to War

    I was born in Volga, South Dakota, on May 18, 1946. I was the oldest of seven children. I lived in South Dakota my first years and then relocated to St…

  • Lessons & Plans

    Lessons & Plans

    “’For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future,’” (Jeremiah 29:11).…