When walking on a college campus you are met with a barrage of advertisements. They try to get you to attend an event, join some club, or to make a moral stand. There are tables upon tables of people giving out information. There is poster after poster, all of which would lead you to believe … Read more
I have dwarves on my lawn. Three of them, and they’re all from the same family. One of them was born in Wright County, MN, while the other two (believe it or not) are grandchildren of the Duchess of Oldenburg. They came up on a truck from Missouri shortly after we moved in 10 years … Read more
A Letter From The 1st Century… Two months ago, a letter came in the mail. It was an eye-catching parcel addressed to the church, and from all outward appearances, it looked like it had been sent by someone we knew, personally. Indeed, it was mailed to us by the children in Menomonie’s “Foundations Room” program. … Read more
Privacy Kills Somewhere between four & five thousand healthy American’s die annually from choking on food, which means it kills more people than accidental shootings or airplane accidents. It’s number four on the National Safety Council’s list of death caused by “unintentional injury”. Somebody chokes to death every 2 hours, and over 95% of them … Read more
Jesus walked a lot. The only record we have in the gospels where Christ made use of public transit was on His way to Bethlehem (in utero), and again at the end of His life when He rode into Jerusalem in similar equestratorial fashion*. Other than that, He walked. Everywhere. From Nazareth to Jerusalem, then … Read more
I’ve always been intrigued by sailboats. I think that they are brilliant inventions. They directly take an energy source that can be attributed to nothing other than the power of God in order to move across the sea to reach desired destinations. The fastest sailboat ever recorded went as quick as 65.45 knots. (That’s over … Read more
It’s important to us at JFB Duluth that we never find ourselves gathering together as mere acquaintances at some type of empty, shallow social club. The church, and this church specifically, is designed by God to be much more than that. The Bible tells us in Hebrews 10:25 to not forsake gathering together. I am … Read more
Once upon a time, you were small. Very small. Nearly invisible. Almost as tall as a poppy seed, in fact. Your whole body, from top to bottom, used to be no more than two cells wide. But those two cells were healthy and active, and they multiplied. And they multiplied again. And then they multiplied … Read more
Whether looking back at the calendar for the previous months or looking ahead at the months to come, there are always plenty of different things going on to write about. As a church, we seem to almost always have something that we are planning for and scheduling. All of these happenings, all of these events, … Read more
In November of 1988, a baby boy was born in Reykjavik, Iceland, and hardly anyone knew about it. His parents named him ‘Hafpor’. Thirty years later, he stands at 6’9”, and weighs 440 pounds. Hafpor Julius Bjornsson is currently designated the world’s strongest man. If you’re unfamiliar with what that means, let me spell it … Read more