Download Life Guide People love competition. Last weekend the Super Bowl became the third most watched broadcast in television history with 111.9 million TV viewers. Can you guess the top two most watched shows of all time? The Super Bowls the previous two years! And it’s not just the commercials people tune in to watch… it’s the competition. […]
Download Life Guide Today is an interesting day here at church. Today marks the beginning of our observance of a new season of the church year we call Epiphany. Epiphany actually began this past Wednesday. 12 days after Christmas every year… for centuries… the Christian Church has remembered how the Magi came from a foreign […]
Download Life Guide The past couple of weeks have been very busy for Michael Ringelsten. Who’s Michael Ringelsten you ask? He’s a guy who runs a massive operation outside of Chicago where he buys literally truckloads filled with returned merchandise that was ordered online… and he takes it and with an army of employees sorts […]
In 1944 Hugh Martin wrote a song for the MGM musical Meet me in St. Louis. And I’m sure the song is familiar to most of you. It’s called Have yourself a merry little Christmas. In the movie Judy Garland’s character sings that song to her little sister who’s upset about the prospect of moving to […]
We are about two weeks away from Christmas. How’s everyone doing right now? Could you use a little bit more of anything? Do you need a little more time? Time to finish Christmas shopping… time to get to all the parties and family gatherings…? Do you need a little more money? Money to pay for […]
When I was a sophomore in high school I was not always the most attentive student… especially when it came to math class. One day I was sitting right next to the wall in our algebra II classroom… and as the class seemed to drag on I leaned my head against the wall… and before I knew […]
“Keep your eye on the ball…” I’m sure you’ve all heard someone say that before. If you’re playing baseball and you keep whiffing on every pitch the coach may remind you to keep your eye on the ball… focus on the ball the whole time… don’t let your eyes wander to try and pick up […]
Let me tell you about three people. The first is a young woman… who after years of turning to food for joy and comfort finally realizes she’s been using food to try fill a void… but now she’s stuck… stuck in the endless cycle of dieting and binging… stuck in the endless cycle of depression… […]
You’ve all heard of the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat, right? It’s a common way we explain that enormous gap that exists between winning and losing. It’s quite a different feeling being the general who accepts the enemy’s surrender than being the general who is doing the surrendering. It’s thrilling when the […]
The Word of God we’ll consider today is from Hebrews chapter 10. Let us pray: O Lord, your Word is a lamp for our feet and light for our path. Open our hearts and enlighten our minds that we might understand your Word, believe your Word, and live our lives according to it. Amen. (Based […]