2018-09-09 22:21
For those in the process of job hunting, one thing they soon learn is that searching the various job board out there is a time consuming process. Basically there are 4 primary types of job b… Read More
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2017-10-23 21:08
It’s very difficult to look into the eyes of a hungry child and it’s equally as difficult to look into the faces of mothers and fathers when you know they may very well have to t… Read More
2017-09-13 22:49
It’s very difficult to look into the eyes of a hungry child and it’s equally as difficult to look into the faces of mothers and fathers when you know they may very well have to t… Read More
2016-12-05 14:26
On any given day in our community, people go to be hungry. No matter how you say it “Hunger Hurts”. Hunger hurts everyone in a community and often goes unseen and never takes a v… Read More
2016-09-29 20:33
For many folks, keeping track of their financial activities is, to say the least, not one of their favorite jobs. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to know where your in… Read More
2016-09-23 13:17
Being a non-profit ministry, It can be a challenge at times finding new avenues for raising funds to help put food on the tables of those in need in our community. It’s surprising, eve… Read More
2016-09-18 12:48
I expected it as early as late July but kept hoping it wouldn't happen but it did. A combination of factors mostly associated with the weather has brought our growing season to an early end… Read More
2016-09-04 23:06
Over the past several years, we’ve had the opportunity to talk with quite a few small farmers and ranchers. One of the topics of discussion revolves around the ever increasing problem… Read More
2016-08-07 13:52
As we expected, we are assisting more families in need this year than ever before. Some are saying that the economy is doing good but you would never know it from the way we are seeing thing… Read More
2016-05-31 14:20
Mark your calendar if you are looking for those special handmade and handcrafted items or locally grown and produced produce & products, you are going to want to visit the Old West Count… Read More
2016-05-17 00:04
For those who have been reading our blog for some time, they have noticed a change in our blog posts. During the winter months when work outside or in the fields is impractical, I post almos… Read More
2016-05-09 12:49
It's been a number of weeks since I've had time to sit down and write any kind of blog update. Getting the fields and everything ready for this years growing season has been a bit frustratin… Read More
2016-04-12 12:30
One day, the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the express purpose of showing him how poor people live. They spent a couple of days and nights on the… Read More
2016-04-11 12:30
A very dear and close friend of mine told me this story some years ago. We both came to know the Lord at almost the same time and were both called to His service the same month and year and… Read More
2016-04-10 12:30
There was once a bridge that spanned a large river. During most of the day the bridge sat with its length running up and down the river paralleled with the banks, allowing ships to pass thro… Read More
2016-04-09 12:30
When I was a young farm boy, I went to a small school in our little town. When I say our town was little, I mean really small. The population was under 150 men, women and children combined… Read More
2016-04-08 12:30
Two traveling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was rude and refused to let the angels stay in the mansion's guest room. Instead the angels were g… Read More
2016-04-07 12:30
Inside every airplane are instruments that are critical to flying the aircraft. The instruments will give a true reading of how the aircraft is flying, even if a pilot's mind may tell him d… Read More
2016-04-06 12:30
Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to… Read More
2016-04-05 12:30
I think I’ve mentioned before that my father was one of those men who had a really good concept of Common Sense and an understanding of how life was supposed to operate. Although a bel… Read More
2016-04-04 12:30
I know this may seem a little irreverent but it's still kind of humorous and we all need a little humor once in a while.A man is stumbling through the woods totally drunk when he comes upon… Read More
2016-04-03 12:30
A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was ru… Read More
2016-04-02 12:30
The story was told about two men walking down a Mexican beach, talking with one another. They could see a man in the distance throwing something into the ocean. As they got closer, they saw… Read More
2016-04-01 12:30
A friend of mine ate dog food one evening. No, he wasn't at a fraternity initiation or a hobo party . . . he was actually at an elegant student reception in a physician's home near Miami. Th… Read More
2016-03-31 12:30
We are all saddened to learn this week of the death of one of our church’s most valuable members, Someone Else. Someone’s passing created a vacancy that will be difficult to be… Read More
2016-03-30 12:30
Once upon a time, there was a little boy the other children called "Sparky," after a comic strip horse named Sparkplug. Even though the boy hated that nickname, he could never shake it. Sch… Read More
2016-03-29 12:30
One of George Bernard Shaw's statements frequently flashes through my mind: "Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it." In a day when most people pass the buck with merely… Read More
2016-03-28 12:30
- Two million documents will be lost by the IRS this year. - 811,000 faulty rolls of 35mm film will be loaded this year. - 22,000 checks will be deducted from the wrong bank accounts in th… Read More
2016-03-27 12:30
I had been working much too long on this job. I guess things could have been worse. I certainly wasn’t doing hard labor. But going door to door asking questions as a representative of… Read More
2016-03-26 12:30
This was copied from an almost worn out carbon which was found in the billfold of a thirty-year veteran missionary. Her and her husband, were on thier way to another tour of duty at Khartoum… Read More
2016-03-25 12:30
I heard a story of a little girl who walked to and from school daily. The weather one morning was questionable and clouds were forming, yet she made her daily trek to the elementary school… Read More
2016-03-24 12:30
In one little Midwestern town, Miss Jones had the distinction of being the oldest resident in town. So when she died, the editor of the local paper wanted to print a little article rememberi… Read More
2016-03-23 12:30
Now, for the sake of my illustration, I want to break a flock of sheep down into 3 groups.1. The first group of sheep had DECIDED to look to Shepherd & follow Him wherever He leads.These… Read More
2016-03-22 12:30
There is an old story of an eagle who, on an early morning during the spring thaw, soared high above the forest looking for something to eat. As he followed the course of a river he looked d… Read More
2016-03-21 12:30
Scripture: "I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing." John 15:5 (NIV)Recently I found this branch… Read More
2016-03-20 12:30
There is not much you can do about it. Once you have been around it everybody else knows. I’m talking about the red dirt of western Oklahoma. It’s caused by the iron in the soil… Read More
2016-03-19 12:30
I would like the reader to consider a scripture today that I feel is going to be important for some readers.1 Corinthians 13:5 (NASB)“Love does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek i… Read More
2016-03-18 13:00
One day Hudson Taylor was traveling on a Chinese junk from Shanghai to Ningpo. He had been witnessing to a man named Peter who rejected the gospel but was under deep conviction. In the cours… Read More
2016-03-17 12:30
Sometime during the crazy decade of the 1960s, (and yes, I’m old enough to remember that decade and several earlier ones) when everything went topsy turvy, emotions were promoted to fi… Read More
2016-03-16 12:30
A shepherd boy was tending a few sheep on the side of a mountain. One day while wandering in the wilderness, he came to a huge cave. There was a door to the cave and it was closed. And as he… Read More
2016-03-15 12:30
Author Keith Miller tells of an outgoing 40-year-old woman who was part of a sharing group he led. Here is her story:"When I was a tiny little girl, my parents died and I was put in an orpha… Read More
2016-03-14 12:30
This a true story: Brenda was a young woman who was invited to go rock climbing. Although she was scared to death, she went with her group to a tremendous granite cliff. In spite of her… Read More
2016-03-13 12:30
From time to time, people some times ask the question above. Having had the honor and privilege of being on the pastoral staff of a church myself at one time and being in ministry work… Read More
2016-03-12 12:30
A serviceman once wrote about a moment of comedy he had witnessed in the army. It happened during a company inspection at the Redstone Arsenal in Alabama.The inspection was being conducted b… Read More
2016-03-11 12:30
I guess I've been a retrospective mood lately as I find much of the writings of some current Christian authors although alright, not up to those of some of writers from the past. Here is a s… Read More
2016-03-10 12:30
Remember the story of the Little Red Hen? Here is a church equivalent! I really wish I could take credit for coming up with this but a friend of mine gave me a copy of it and I'm simply pass… Read More
2016-03-09 12:50
I've posted 2 posts today so don't miss the second one after the one about Using The Resources You HaveAt 12:55 pm the mayday call crackled through the speakers at the Flight Service Station… Read More
2016-03-09 12:49
I love some of the old stories that have come down through the centuries. It may be just me but some of those early writers seem to be much better at it than a lot of us these days… Read More
2016-03-08 12:30
When I was a young boy and in grade school, my family visited some friends who owned a farm in Kentucky. I had never been more than 20 miles away from our farm until then and it wa… Read More
2016-03-07 12:30
I'm sure you have noticed that children don't always listen. They hear what they want to hear. We, as their parents, often strive to work in their lives and give them guidelines to follow fo… Read More
2016-03-06 12:30
During the hard days of the Civil War, President Lincoln made frequent visits to the hospitals that were always overcrowded with the suffering.On one occasion he stopped to speak to one of t… Read More
2016-03-05 12:30
There is a story about an old Scots minister who after a life time of service climbed wearily into the pulpit one Sunday. Bowed and dejected, he had just faced the harsh criticism… Read More
2016-03-04 12:30
A fellow decided to rob a convenience store clerk. The robber had a neat plan to give the clerk a $10 bill, get her to open her cash drawer to make change, and then grab all the money. The p… Read More
2016-03-03 12:30
Shirley Pope Waite tells this moving story:"'You must visit the American cemetery,'our bed and breakfast hosts told us. We hadn't known about this cemetery three miles from Cambridge, site o… Read More
2016-03-02 12:30
There is a story of a man who tried to weigh a prayer. He owned a little grocery store. It was the week before Christmas, shortly after World War I.A tired looking woman came into the store… Read More
2016-03-01 12:30
I pose a question to the reader: Is Satan actually interested in the childhood years? After all, children from birth to say six could not be any real threat to him and his forces of darkness… Read More
2016-02-29 13:30
"Though I say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my sad countenance and be cheerful'" (Job_9:27 NASB).Rejections, defeats, and failures that all of us have experienced can create… Read More
2016-02-28 13:30
Did you ever wonder...Was the ark REALLY big enough for all those animals? On first glance, the figures can be frightening. At the time of this writing, science has classified one million di… Read More
2016-02-27 13:30
Elderly Christians tend to be thoughtful, kind, patient and loving. It's a shame that it some times takes age to bring this about. Through years of imitating Christ they have grown more and… Read More
2016-02-26 13:30
A backslidden member of Dr. Philips Brooks' parish called at the study to request that his name be dropped from the roll. Dr. Brooks reminded him that the step he proposed was a serious one… Read More
2016-02-25 13:30
"Bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord" (Eph_6:4).His name was Rusty, and he was barely 11 years old. He still had the look of a little boy. He was homeless, not old enou… Read More
2016-02-24 13:30
In 1927 many businesses had difficulties that forced them to close. One was an insurance company in Savannah, Georgia. There were more than 500 stockholders who lost hundreds of thousands of… Read More
2016-02-23 13:30
George Washington Carver was a botanist, educator, inventor and scientist. I’ve spoken of him in a number of posts. As the son of a slave, he was aware of the difficulty facing farmers… Read More
2016-02-22 13:30
Some times it only takes a little effort to help others make peace. Here is a good example. Carl and Sam were at odds with each other. They could not even remember the initial cause of… Read More
2016-02-21 13:30
Many years ago in Germany, so the story goes, there lived a shoemaker who had a habit of speaking harshly of all his neighbors who didn't think quite as he did about religion. The pastor of… Read More
2016-02-20 13:30
Once again I’ve reached down into my dusty file cabinet. Closed my eyes, reached down and grabbed what the Lord directed my hand to. I’m never surprised at how the Lord’s g… Read More
2016-02-19 13:30
This thing called life is an awfully long journey. The older we get the longer it seems to be. The longer we live, the more time we have thinking about our life in general. For some, their l… Read More
2016-02-18 13:30
The concept and actual act of mankind helping his fellow man is certainly nothing new. From the first day God created man it has existed. Eve must have handed Adam a bunch of grapes and said… Read More
2016-02-17 13:30
There is a tendency to "spread out" and leave vacant pews in the front of most churches. I have come to the conclusion that one will never be motivated to sit toward the front until they con… Read More
2016-02-16 13:30
There is a story about an old farmer whose mule fell into a well. After many unsuccessful attempts to haul the mule out of the hole, the farmer decided it was hopeless. With sadness, he inst… Read More
2016-02-15 13:30
To just come right out and ask somebody what they think you smell like might be offensive to them (or to you if they give you a candid answer). But most people care deeply about what others… Read More
2016-02-14 13:30
When we are talking to children, we often use little stories, analogies or parables to get some truth relayed to them. Jesus used them all the time as He endeavored to teach great truths to… Read More
2016-02-13 13:30
Have you ever noticed how easily we get wrapped up in our own little worlds? We go about out daily lives without really seeing what is going on around us. We often miss the realities of life… Read More
2016-02-12 13:30
At one time, in my younger days, I had a pretty good voice when it came to singing. Nothing outstanding but it wasn’t too bad. I even sang in the church choir for a while and really lo… Read More
2016-02-11 13:30
I ran into a situation the other day while a was visiting a local church that got me to thinking. This particular church was having a contractor do some minor upgrades and the contractor had… Read More
2016-02-10 10:23
It’s a good thing it wasn’t left up to man to choose the 12 disciples. Here is probably how it would have went. Nissan 1, 0001 TO: Jesus, Son of JosephWoodcrafters Carp… Read More
2016-02-09 13:30
Some time ago I was visiting the home of a couple where the husband had just come home from a short stay in the hospital. The reason for his hospital stay was a rather serious one and it wou… Read More
2016-02-08 13:30
Ask yourself this question. "Would I like to save at least $1440 on my grocery bill each year?" If the answer is "Yes", Check out these figures. If you are maximizing your space and usi… Read More
2016-02-07 13:38
It probably wouldn't work, but somebody ought to start a movement back to the basics. On the other hand, it might be just novel enough to not only catch on, but to flourish. How long ha… Read More
2016-02-06 13:30
The scene was a familiar one. The young couple were going over their monthly bills. In it were ones from the drug store, department store, oil company, etc. Trying to find something humorous… Read More
2016-02-05 13:30
It’s not likely that most of our readers know who Ken Gaub is. Ken founded "Ken Gaub Ministries" http://gaubministries.org . Ken has now traveled over 8 million miles to over 115 forei… Read More
2016-02-04 13:53
Several years ago a farmer increased his farm holding from 300 acres to 9,000 acres. Everyone was proud of him and glad to see him prosper. He had a lovely family-two boys and a girl, and on… Read More
2016-02-04 13:30
Like most folks, I have many acquaintances, a number of friends and a few really good friends. One of my best friends was a Rabbi who I had known for close to 30 years. His name was Abraham… Read More
2016-02-03 13:30
Memories can be really great things. God gave us the ability to have them for a number of reasons. Most of us have some memories of our childhood and hopefully those memories are good ones… Read More
2016-02-02 13:30
There are a few men I admire for their accomplishments in benefiting mankind by their work. George Washington Carver is one of them. Not only for his actual physical work but for his life lo… Read More
2016-02-01 13:30
There was this lady named Mable who was a prolific letter writer and made frequent trips to the branch post office. One day while at the post office she found herself in a long line of peopl… Read More
2016-01-31 13:30
I’ve been asked why we use organic methods for growing the food we distribute to those we assist and why we use heirloom seed stock. Those posing these questions usually have a variety… Read More
2016-01-30 13:30
When we accept Jesus as our savior, it is the same with us. We are heirs to the Kingdom of God. And because we are heirs we have the joy of knowing that what we do, we do because of the fabu… Read More
2016-01-29 13:30
At our church we are in the process of building a new office building. Considering the way our church is growing and that we anticipate, with God’s help, to be growing considerably mor… Read More
2016-01-28 13:30
Like most folks in my age category we occasionally wake up in the morning and feel those little physical signs of our age. It’s one of those things most people expect to experience as… Read More
2016-01-27 13:30
A small boy filled with all kinds of playful ideas anxiously awaited his father's return from work. An extra-long day at the office, however, had taken its toll, and his father longed for a… Read More
2016-01-26 13:30
My mind works rather strange at times. Just for mental exercise, I some times ask myself questions I know there is probably no way I can answer. The other day I had one of those thoughts. I… Read More
2016-01-25 13:30
We have had some inquiries about what the Farm Share Project is and when it will start for 2016. First, the exact date of when we will be able to start is somewhat dependent on our weather… Read More
2016-01-24 13:38
If one lives on a farm or ranch, you soon become what is often called a “Jack of all trades”. Of course the rest of that saying is "master of none". You usually have to do a… Read More
2016-01-24 13:30
It was a cold and bitter winter and the snow deeply covered the ground. Three young boys were playing in it enjoying themselves oblivious to the cold. A man came along and said to them… Read More
2016-01-23 13:31
Sometimes we are overwhelmed with the failures we see in the world because we are so aware of our own. I’ve never talked to anyone, who was being honest, has never admitted failures du… Read More
2016-01-22 13:30
The wife and I were up at Walmart the other day and as the wife and we were walking down one of the frozen food isles, another couple was there looking at the frozen vegetables. Whether… Read More
2016-01-21 13:30
Most folks who know me aren’t surprised that I see so much in how God works from an agricultural view. I see what I like to call God’s Laws of Life played out on an on-going and… Read More
2016-01-20 13:30
As a young boy, I saw God as my Observer, my Judge-keeping track of things I did to know whether I merited heaven or hell. He was out there-sort of like a President. I recognized His picture… Read More
2016-01-19 13:30
Some months ago we went to a Tractor Pull Event. For those who have never been to one, the purpose of the contest is to see which tractor can pull a wedge shape weighted wedge shaped sled th… Read More
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