Retreat season is upon us at the Keizer Church of Christ.  Retreats are a opportunity to get away together for a time of spiritual renewal, encouragement, and rest.  The ladies’ retreat is this coming weekend at the Oregon Coast and will run Friday afternoon through Sunday morning.  This retreat is designed to be an intimate […]

This month we have had both a wedding and funeral. On Saturday, February 6th Zach and Jordin Broberg tied the knot with Grant Long officiating, and just this past Friday, February 12th we held a memorial service for Ruth Lowery. That is a week packed with organization, planning, preparation, anticipation, reflection, resolution and relief. It […]

Last year about this time I walked into my classroom at a local Christian University.  In the back row was one of my students, a young man about 20 years old, who had something very different about his appearance.  On his forehead was a pronounced black smudge that looked like someone had thrown a wet […]

Dad’s cancer diagnosis turned out to be a good thing! Dad was in his mid-thirties, married with two kids. He had just received a promotion to principal of one of the district’s largest elementary schools. We had just finished building and moving into a new home in a brand new suburb. Things were looking up! […]