this week’s reflection – grace

Posted on 14. Apr, 2013 by in Uncategorized

This morning, I listened during worship to a young woman share the story of God’s grace in her life.  as she spoke, I was again reminded of the power of love.  Especially the power of God’s love but also the love of God’s people.  Emily Clark shared the story of her faith journey over the [...]

This Week’s Reflection -A Horrible Story

Posted on 27. Mar, 2013 by in Dave's Blog, Reflections

Perhaps you saw the horrible news story this past week of a woman who was out for a morning walk in her neighborhood with her one year old son on a beautiful sunny morning when she was confronted by two teenagers.  They threatened her with a gun asking for money.   When she insisted she had [...]

This Week’s Reflection – An Exploding Dr. Pepper

Posted on 10. Mar, 2013 by in Dave's Blog, Reflections

I stopped to pick up a Dr. Pepper on my way home from church today.  The bottle sat on the counter for almost an hour before  I turned the cap and released an explosion of Dr. Pepper foam.  It was about the fourth time I had been splashed by an exploding drink in the last [...]

This Week’s Reflection – A Life of Faith

Posted on 03. Mar, 2013 by in Dave's Blog, Reflections

+ Brenda Lee Zesch + My intention today was to acknowledge and thank God for the life and service of our sister in Christ, Brenda Zesch. Brenda served as a worker in the church for over 30 years and for these last five years at CrossRoad Church. Brenda died in Christ on Monday evening and [...]

In Loving Memory

Posted on 03. Mar, 2013 by in Dave's Blog, Reflections

+ BRENDA LEE ZESCH + Brenda Lee Zesch, oldest of four children, was born April 13, 1955 to Eugene N. and Eudora “Dodie” M. nee Anderson Zesch in Rolla, MO.  She was baptized at Our Redeemer Lutheran in infancy and publically professed her faith on Palm Sunday, March 30, 1969 at Peace Lutheran in St. [...]

This Week’s Reflection – just float

Posted on 24. Feb, 2013 by in Dave's Blog, Reflections

Have you ever taken one of those White Water River Rafting trips? You know the kind, you climb in a rubber raft with nine other people and a “guide,” all decked out in rubber shoes, life preserver, hard helmet and a plastic paddle. The adventure usually entails, cold rushing mountain stream water; lots or rocks [...]

This Week’s Reflection – Is Your Pink Showing?

Posted on 18. Feb, 2013 by in Dave's Blog, Uncategorized

It was really hard not to miss.  The clean laundry was stacked neatly on the chair in the living room.  That wasn’t all that unusual, what jumped out at me was the array of colors:  pink, dark pink, purple, light purple, hot pink, red, rose colored pink, violet . . .    You get the idea?  [...]

This Week’s Reflection – Is it Real?

Posted on 04. Feb, 2013 by in Dave's Blog, Reflections

So I’ve been sitting here watching some football and some commercials for the last couple hours.  I won’t say much about the football, but I’m wondering about the commercials.  Do they really work? Do they accomplish what they are designed to do? I’m guessing they must or companies wouldn’t spend millions of dollars to produce [...]

This Week’s Reflection – I’ll Get to it Tomorrow . . . Maybe

Posted on 27. Jan, 2013 by in Dave's Blog, Reflections

The slight running or dripping of water had kept me awake a number of nights of over the last few months.  I thought the annoying sound was coming from the ice maker on the refrigerator or maybe from a leaking valve on the toilet.  Back before Christmas I discovered the sound of dripping and running [...]

This Week’s Reflection – Don’t Drink the Water

Posted on 20. Jan, 2013 by in Dave's Blog, Reflections

I didn’t really think much about it Friday when I saw that there was a “Boil Water” order in Horn Lake.  Although not positive, I thought the area that LifeSpace is in was affected.  On Saturday morning, the “Don’t Drink the Water” order became more real as I tried to figure out the best way [...]

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