Category Archives: Christian Living

The Laughter of Whales

Posted on October 8, 2015 by Bob Bjerkaas

I have lived just miles from the Pacific Ocean for eight years now, but I have never seen a whale. It is on my bucket list though! I am particularly interested in observing whales breaching – an instance of cetacean behavior … Continue reading →

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Love Does Not Boast

Posted on October 1, 2015 by Bob Bjerkaas

To “boast” has a fairly specific meaning in our English language. It means, “to speak with excessive pride about one’s own accomplishments, talents, or possessions.” It does not take a Bible scholar to know that love does not do those … Continue reading →

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Run Like an Ostrich

Posted on September 14, 2015 by Bob Bjerkaas

Are you okay with how God made you?  As both a pastor, and a coach (not to mention as an individual), rarely a day goes by when I don’t see someone struggling with feeling inadequate or inferior in light of … Continue reading →

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Love is Kind

Posted on September 2, 2015 by Bob Bjerkaas

“Love,” Sinatra and others tell us, “is a many-splendored thing.”  I think this captures much of the Hallmark sense of what love is: love is made up of many splendid virtues and attitudes.  If you think back to the Valentine’s … Continue reading →

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What Counts in Living for Christ?

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Bob Bjerkaas

This month as we watch our kids returning to school or are beginning classes ourselves, let’s do some divine arithmetic!  There are three passages in the New Testament in which the Apostle Paul tells us “what counts.”  These passages bear a … Continue reading →

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Love Is Patient

Posted on August 11, 2015 by Bob Bjerkaas

  “Love is patient, love is kind.  It does not envy…”  This description of love from 1 Corinthians is familiar to most of us.  Maybe too familiar!  Have you ever thought that it is odd that the most well known … Continue reading →

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“Know When to Walk Away…”

Posted on August 4, 2015 by Bob Bjerkaas

The Gambler in Kenny Rogers’ song offers sage advice when he turns to his fellow traveler on a train bound for nowhere and tells him that he needs to “know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em, know when … Continue reading →

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Nevertheless…

Posted on July 3, 2015 by Bob Bjerkaas

Following Christ and seeking to be faithful to him in your family, your career, and in your neighborhood can be daunting.  Sometimes we feel that the challenges we face are simply too difficult to overcome.  Often we begin some great … Continue reading →

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Decisions to Make? Ask God!

Posted on June 9, 2015 by Bob Bjerkaas

There is a verse in the book of Joshua that gives us an apt, though sad summary of much trouble that we bring into our own lives. In Joshua 9, we read about what has been called the “Gibeonite deception.” … Continue reading →

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Spiritual Health Knows No Half Measures

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Bob Bjerkaas

If Readers’ Digest is correct and “laughter is the best medicine,” then my kids and their friends have me so well-dosed that I should live to be two hundred years old.  One of my kids’ good friends said something two … Continue reading →

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