God's Creation & Critters: Emma the Emu
“Mom, come outside! There’s an ostrich running down County Road G!” My thought was that my daughter, Sarah, had a screw loose in her...
Birds of Prey and Birds We Eat
“And God said, ‘Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the dome of the sky.’ So...
God’s Creation & Critters – Song Birds
I have really loved getting into bird watching and feeding in the 14 years I’ve been at North Valley. I am so thankful for all the...
God’s Creation & Critters – Ticks & Spiders
All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful, The Lord God made them all. (by Cecil...
God's Creation and Critters
Hi Y'all (going back to my southern Indiana roots), Want a break from the world, with its violence, mudslinging and ugliness? Then enter...
Memorial Day Blues...
This year I spoke at Luck High School (WI) for Memorial Day. It was very well done. The veterans walked in, the Boy Scouts posted the...
The Sadness of Suicide
This past Saturday I helped register people for the Suicide Awareness Walk for Polk County, WI. Pictured above are some of the walkers...
Seeing the Face of Jesus.....
How many times in our everyday life do we miss seeing the face of Jesus in others? If you stare at the 3 black dots in the above picture...
Tree of Life
Pictured here is our "Tree of Life, a tea light candelabra. At the beginning of worship, we share our joys and concerns, light the tea...
The ministry of prayer shawls
On Sun, April 30, we celebrated our prayer shawl ministry, coordinated by Mary Krull, who reminded us that the ministry is 10 years old....
