By Dennis Gundersen Now and then, someone says to me, “You have more friends than anyone I know. You’ve got friends everywhere.” And I can’t deny that it’s true. Only rarely does anyone ask why that is. I’m stirred today by some recent events to share my thoughts on that. It’s really not rocket science.
Some counsels on getting fed while cutting yourself some slack By Dennis Gundersen One of the questions I have most often been asked about the spiritual life and our walk with God is: “How exactly should I go about reading the Bible?” The heart of the question often comes down to, length of reading. People […]
By Dennis Gundersen It was the summer of 1961 and I recall it so well. I was a 9-year-old boy, not even a baseball fan, but my Dad most certainly was. A rabid one. You know, the kind who’s obsessed with his particular sports hero and can’t stop talking about him. That was my Dad. […]
Danger Signs of an Unhealthy Dating Relationship A valuable resource for dating couples, by Lou Priolo Among the counseling I’ve done during my pastoral career in serving various churches, one of the most common settings has been what is commonly called premarital counseling. Meeting with an engaged young man and young lady and going over […]
Why I Chase Waterfalls I’ve been a hiker since 1969. I was 17 years old, and my first serious hike was in Arizona. Until then, I’d never hiked, and yet – I can’t explain it, call me ambitious – there we were, me and my parents in a hotel at the rim of the Grand […]
In His Steps The classic that shouldn’t be During my teen years, my mother would occasionally recommend books to me, out of a concern for my obvious disinterest in spiritual matters. She was deeply religious; I was not. She was an active church member and an eager church-goer; I attended only due to parental mandate. […]
Literacy Crisis: The Way Forward is to Go Back Guest Post by Douglas Bond True confession. I am a slow reader. My wife blows through a book at three times my reading rate. While on a flight once, we found ourselves with only one book (pre E-book world, but more of that in a moment). […]
Praying the Lord’s Prayer in Heaven “Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread, and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation.” — Luke 11:2-4 One thing all believers seem […]
How Humility tends to bring Honor written by Dennis Gundersen We’re known widely as speakers and exhibitors at homeschooling conventions these days. But the first time we ever took our book business to a homeschooling convention was April 1994, when we set up on a little six-foot table at Baton Rouge for the Louisiana state […]
Profitable Bible Reading Recently, I read a book about profitable Bible reading in which the author suggested, when you read the Scriptures, “Endeavor to learn something new from every verse before you leave it.” Really? Ok. In other words, make it my aim to discover something new from every verse I read? And stay right […]
