by Carissa Lorson | Mar 3, 2025 | The Ten Commandments
TEEN TALK As an educator for eight years, I’ve learned that whenever a new and fresh perspective is needed, it’s time to talk with teenagers. Teenage talk is brutally honest, unapologetically curious, and passionately opinionated. Chatting with adolescents never fails...
by Katie Conrad | Feb 26, 2025 | The Ten Commandments
THE NINTH COMMANDMENT TODAY Do not bear false witness against your neighbor. (Exodus 20:16, ESV) I’m a big fan of Law and Order: SVU. The stories are heartbreaking, but I love seeing the progression of a case from start to its satisfying finish, usually with the...
by Ben Conrad | Feb 18, 2025 | The Ten Commandments
REFRAME When most of us everyday folk take something that is not ours—be it money or food or other material goods—it is out of a scarcity mindset. Some of us can have a scarcity mindset even if we are not in a place of dire scarcity at the moment. Fear can create...
by Dan Opdahl | Feb 11, 2025 | The Ten Commandments
WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL? IT’S JUST SEX. Welcome to my first-ever blog post! In the spirit of our sermon series on “The Ten Commandments,” and the seventh commandment against adultery, I want to share with you the fruits of some of my thoughts over...
by Ben Conrad | Feb 4, 2025 | The Ten Commandments
THE BIG IDEA The sixth commandment by God, “do not murder,” is rooted in His original design that all human beings are made in His image, and equal in value. Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount asks us to look deeper, to see the ways in which we might be adopting an...
by Janet Durrwachter | Jan 28, 2025 | The Ten Commandments
Author’s Note: The fifth commandment to “Honor your father and mother” is tricky. It has been described as the most complicated and abused one on the list of ten It is especially difficult to “honor your parents” when they are significantly unhealthy or even...
