By Paul Koch –
For me, the most beautiful creature that I have ever seen is my wife. From our days of surfing during our college years, to the moment I saw her walking down the aisle on our wedding day, to my return home just last Friday evening after being away for a week at a conference, I am continually stunned by her beauty. I understand why it is that Adam when he saw Eve for the first time would stand and sing, “This at last is bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh…”
By Caleb Keith –
At one point or another, everybody makes their way to the edge of town. Past busy streets and crowded buildings lie an ominous wood. The woods are densely packed with foliage filling the space between trees both great and small. Squeezed between the packed greenery sit three paths. The paths were carved long ago; to this day, nobody knows who took the first steps.
By Paul Koch –
The story of the wedding feast in Cana is truly one of the most joyful and pleasant stories in the Gospels. There is no animosity, no direct opposition to our Lord, no condemnation of any kind. Jesus, along with some of his first disciples, join his mother at a wedding. The setting is one of laughter and joy. It’s a scene of wine drinking and friendship.
By Jaime Nava –
So my wife was at a Trader Joe’s market. Zoey, our daughter, was with her. As she describes it, some guy with mad scientist hair approached her. In a non-aggressive or confrontational way he tells my wife, “You know, your daughter’s condition is correctable”. Zoey, my little three year old, has Down syndrome. She always has. She always will.
By Paul Koch –
Towards the end of John Milton’s famous Paradise Lost the Archangel Michael leads Adam through a terrifying vision of the ramifications of their disobedience, pictured before him is the reality of a world that has lost Paradise. He watched in horror as
By Joel Hess –
In 2007, the great crystal ball that was dropped in Times Square was called the “Star of Hope.” It was comprised of a bunch of triangles with different hope themes such as “hope for peace” etc.
Probably an appropriate title, right?
By Cindy Koch – I’m dreaming of a white Christmas… although in Southern California it doesn’t look like […]
By Paul Koch – I am one of the people who love to sing Christmas songs. I find myself […]
By Bob Hiller – Given what I have written before in the name of Pete Rose, I am […]
By Joel Hess – When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me Speaking […]
By Scott Keith – Upon graduating from Concordia University in 1998, I accepted the position of Director at […]
By Paul Koch – I wonder if we can hear it. I wonder if even in this place, […]
By Cindy Koch – Parents, you have a job. It was given to you the day God called […]
By Jaime Nava – I got a call from a member yesterday. She told me that there was […]
By Joel Hess – It’s True! Rhetoric Causes People to Murder It’s true. Those who believe that it […]
By Scott Keith – “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he […]
By Paul Koch – One of my all-time favorite movies is the 1999 film “Fight Club” starring Brad […]
By Scott Keith – I grew up in Palmdale, California. Palmdale is in the High Desert and that […]
By Paul Koch – Many years ago I was sitting on a well-worn barstool at the little neighborhood […]
By Cindy Koch – We have all known those people that seem to have it figured out. There […]
