Blog (Page 2)

Blog (Page 2)

Why Do We Sing?

Why do we sing in church? Hint: It’s more than just a tradition. Lakeside Worship Director Josh Sanders shows the Biblical reasons that singing is essential to our worship.

A Season of Gratitude

This season of harvest is automatically one of gratitude, isn’t it? How can we not be grateful when lawns and gardens are decorated in pumpkins, gourds, cornstalks, acorns and falling leaves? Even in a year with a derecho that flattened millions of acres of Iowa corn, the soybeans were spared damage. That was a blessing for farmers, even if it seems small in the giant scope of things.  Life often reflects the change of seasons. There are seasons of thankfulness and seasons of sorrow. Many writers have…

The God Who Provides

And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed by the LORD, whose kindness has not forsaken the living or the dead!” Naomi also said to her, “The man is a close relative of ours, one of our redeemers.”  Ruth 2:20 A little over 6 years ago I had the opportunity to go to the ACBC Counseling Conference in Indiana. I remember the exact number of years back because at the time I had just reached the halfway point in…