A Prayer for Summer

O God, the Author of All Good, I come before You with great thanksgiving for a marvelous springtime And am filled with much anticipation regarding summer’s arrival. As your people prepare to launch into summer’s many things, Give us Your safekeeping, Your joy, Your steadfast provision of all necessary bounty, Your precious wisdom and counsel, READ MORE

An Angel in Carharts

Well . . . the blizzard hit with a fury that hasn’t been seen in these parts in over ten years. And we survived. We’ve had lots of local friends call and ask if we still like it in Fargo. In a phrase: We love it! And with great enthusiasm did I leave the confines READ MORE

The Prayer of Persistence

The house was strangely quiet except for the sounds of a woman’s bitter weeping rising from downstairs. Elijah sat on the floor of the upstairs bedroom staring at the young boy—the dead boy—as his lifeless body rested upon the bed. Elijah, too, undoubtedly tasted the bitter herb of grief. “O LORD my God, have you READ MORE