Month: September 2023

The summer of the shark surprise was also the summer that Aaron and I went to Alaska to fish with my dad on the Russian River in Kenai National Park. IT wAS the time of year for “combat fishing”—that is, standing side by side, perhaps four or five feet apart, from the person next to…

that the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it!

I think that God gives each of us the innate ability to know if something is right or not … now, sometimes that ability may run askew. You may choose to blind yourself to the moral reality, but deep down you know it’s not right. This could lead to many topics … and today I’m…

The Adventures of John Stevens, Jr., My Great-Grandfather Note: This is mostly fiction, but it has close ties with an actual event. This wil someday be rewritten so that it aligns with the facts. Until then … An Untold StoryI was blessed to have a great-grandfather who recorded countless notes, wrote numerous letters, and told…

(Originally written around 2015.) During the past few weeks, I have spent a considerable amount of time as part of a team tasked with writing a story to be presented at church. This was part of an extensive effort to determine the strategic spiritual direction of the church (at the local church level). I worked…

The Nebraska / Minnesota game Thursday night was a nail-biter and went down to the last play. Huskers lost, 13-10. The Golden Gophers played a tough game and it took NU a while to get the running game going, but by the end of the 3rd quarter we were moving the ball, but near the…