by Lon Marshall | Aug 29, 2015 | Uncategorized
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. ~ Genesis 1:1Scientific evidence in the last century indicates that the cosmos, everything that is, started from a single point. As it turns out, atoms, the stuff everything is made of, are 99% empty space. If...
by Lon Marshall | Aug 28, 2015 | Uncategorized
I sometimes feel like I talk too much about my time in South Korea, and that at some point people will get tired of my stories (my poor roommates…), but then you get asked to write about it, and you want to talk for thenext 2 hours. But since this is not a story...
by Lon Marshall | Aug 28, 2015 | Uncategorized
A curious thing happened with Esther Gingerich’s Easter breakfast decorations. If you remember on Easter morning we were greeted with multiple containers on every table of green grass, bulbs sprouting, and fresh reminders that Easter brings new life. She invited us to...
by Lon Marshall | Aug 28, 2015 | Uncategorized
they stood around her she was caught in her wrongness they knew she was wrong she didn’t even try to defend herself they knew they were right so very right They. Were. Right. so it was ok – the punishment they were to give – it was OK because she was...
by Lon Marshall | Aug 28, 2015 | Uncategorized
“You have fixed all the bounds of the earth; you made summer and winter.” – Ps. 74:17 Winter is a season where many things slow down, if not stop. With frigid artic air greeting us with North and South winds, short days that turn into dark nights, and snowy frozen...
by Lon Marshall | Aug 28, 2015 | Uncategorized
Sunday September 14th was a beautiful evening for a walk at Terry Trueblood Park in Iowa City. Annual “Out of the Darkness Walks” are held around the country in memory of those who have died by suicide. We established a “Team Joel” in honor of our son who died in...