Category Archives: New Year

What Color Are Your Glasses?

Posted on December 28, 2018 by Bob Bjerkaas

The idea of wearing “rose colored glasses” is ubiquitous in the English speaking world.  This idiom is found in everything from literature and music to our everyday conversations.  And everyone knows that the one looking through rose colored glasses is … Continue reading →

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Perseverance or Insanity?

Posted on January 6, 2017 by Bob Bjerkaas

Seven years ago I posed myself a question that I would like to share with you as you begin this new year.  It was sometime in April 2010 that I was watching my youngest two boys (then ages five and seven) … Continue reading →

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A New Year’s Resolution: Be like a Recovering Alcoholic on the Indian Road

Posted on December 30, 2016 by Bob Bjerkaas

I am not a psychologist or a medical doctor.  I am what the old Puritans would term a “physician of souls.” Vocationally I am a pastor.  Avocationally, I coach lacrosse. In both cases, I am focused on helping people change … Continue reading →

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The Importance of Christmas – In a World of Terror

Posted on January 8, 2016 by Bob Bjerkaas

Martin Luther is remembered for his sometimes quaint but often penetrating dinner table anecdotes and maxims.  One of the things his students recalled him saying frequently was, “Et multiplicata sunt mala in terris” – “And evils were multiplied in the … Continue reading →

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