Winter, spring, summer, and fall. These seasons reliably follow one another. The particular highs and lows, sun and clouds, rain and droughts will vary within the season. But we can absolutely count on winter following fall, spring following winter, and so on. On the prairie where I live, Fall brings the arrival of the migrating […]
The older I get, the more convinced I am that Jesus’ presence with me – the gift of the Holy Spirit – comes alongside me, most often in very ordinary days and ways. Jesus in our midst — Do you notice that, too? In the Luke 24 Emmaus Road story, two adults were walking about […]
For a while now, I have been challenged and haunted and just generally curious about growing up into maturity in Christ. I have been on a journey around what Jesus has to say about us growing up and how that happens in us, for a while. If you are reading this blog post, you are […]
At VantagePoint3, we have been cultivating the art of seeing others for 23 years . Close friends know that we call this “particularizing a person.” As our lives and the communities we lead continue to re-calibrate and lean into what matters most in 2024, the importance of relationships is front and center. As a team, we have […]
My imagination is being stretched. And I would like to stretch yours. A neighbor has been coming by our property twice a year on behalf of the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology researching the density of eastern bluebirds in the Upper Midwest. For many years she has not seen a single bluebird when she visits. Early […]
From my home office window, I can see the final fruit of an exceptional pumpkin patch here on the Iowa prairie. It’s not commercial quality or quantity, no state fair winners, but it has been very rewarding and lots of fun. The grandchildren, ages 3 to 6, planted the carefully purchased seeds with no rhyme […]
