RG AUDIO 100421   Genesis 12:1-9 I have been greatly blessed by God. Perhaps you have too. So many of us have been given so much from God. The big question is, why have we been so blessed? In Genesis 12, the Lord tells Abraham to leave everything and go somewhere that Abraham doesn’t know. […]

RG AUDIO 100321   Revelation 22:1-7 As a mother of three children, Stephanie often find herself juggling a lot of details: schedules, appointments, assignments. If her children repeatedly forget something, she usually jokes that she will write it on their foreheads. You can’t forget something that is literally written on your head. Revelation 22 tells […]

RG AUDIO 100221   2 Corinthians 5:1-10 My 10-year-old son likes nature and facts about nature. Recently he learned that if a bear smells food, very little will stop it from finding the food. Especially something as flimsy as a canvas tent. Following his nose, the bear will rip through the top of a tent […]

RG AUDIO 100121   1 Corinthians 3:10-17 Over the past several weeks, my four-year-old and I have been observing construction workers busy on a corner lot. I knew what kind of building would be built—without seeing an official sign or reading an announcement. The open pit spaces in the foundation revealed a new oil change […]

RG AUDIO 093021   Ecclesiastes 12:1-8. 13-14 Have you played a game with a child? I distinctly remember playing a board game with a child. All was fine until the game was close to ending. Suddenly, he changed the rules. He went from following the game’s instructions to creating his own. Oddly enough, he won […]

RG AUDIO 092921   Ecclesiastes 3:1-14 Some people like to be scared. I am not one of those people. I don’t like scary movies or books. I choose not to go to places designed to frighten people. For some, it is a thrill they enjoy. For me, it’s just too scary. Ecclesiastes 3, particularly verse […]

RG AUDIO 092821   Psalm 127:1-5 An Irish entertainer bought an old castle that needed renovation. He borrowed the money and had the ideas. He hired a contractor. He failed, however, to hire an architect. He skipped that part. He decided where walls went. He chose the dimensions of rooms. He micromanaged. He changed his […]

RG AUDIO 092721   Genesis 10:32—11:9 Building blocks are an invitation to see just how high you can stack them. If more than one person is involved, the building can often turn competitive: who can build their tower the tallest. The stakes might be high, but the blocks had better go higher. The story in […]

RG AUDIO 092621   Hebrews 8:1-6 We did not have a television in our house until I was 12 years old (1972). Looking back, I can remember looking forward to going over to a friend’s house to watch the major league baseball “Game of the Week.” I felt sort of left out back then, but […]

RG AUDIO 092521   Luke 22:14-23 Family gatherings around a table often can be the scene of important conversations. Luke describes the inviting idea of a relaxed, familial setting at the Passover dinner table. However, the additional weight of what Jesus knew soon began to dawn on His apostles. They had been together in a […]