What Kind of Exercise Is Best?

"What Exercise is Best?" with image of man mountain biking in hills

What kind of exercise is best? The one you’ll do…and keep doing! The exercise you choose to do is personal. We have different preferences. Some love to run. Others hate it. Some love to swim. Others would rather bike. One …

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Water and Its Importance in the Bible

"Water in the Bible" with image of big waterfalls, high rocks and lots of trees

Water is amazing! We can’t live without it. Nothing can live without it. So it shouldn’t surprise us that water is a key theme in the Bible. Personally, I love water! Here in Minnesota we’re surrounded by it. Lakes, rivers, …

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How God Speaks through Signs in the Heavens

"How God speaks through signs in the heavens" with image of solar eclipse

Two “heavenly” phenomena happened this spring here in the US: a complete solar eclipse and a solar storm that caused widespread northern lights. I didn’t travel to the “path of totality” for the April 8th eclipse. And May’s northern lights …

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20 of the Best Bible Verses about Nature

"The Natural World in the Bible" with images of a flower, pebbles and a snowy birch tree

Did you know there are hundreds of verses in the Bible that talk about nature or use something in the natural world to teach us a life lesson? If you love nature and the outdoors like I do, it’s pretty …

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Build Christian Community Life in the Outdoors

"Build Christian Community Outside" with image of a group of women standing on shore with canoe paddles and canoes

There’s so much in our Bible about what healthy Christian community looks like. And the outdoors is one of the best places to build it! Community could mean an individual church…THE Church…families…friend groups…roommates…church staff…ministry staff…classmates. There are tons of ways …

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Hearing God Speak Personally in the Outdoors

"Hearing God speak in the Outdoors" with image of a man standing on a mountaintop, overlooking more mountains

There are several stories in the Bible of the Lord speaking clearly to people who were in the wilderness. I should point out that people in Biblical times didn’t go to the wilderness for fun adventures like we do today. …

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