Pastor’s Corner: Possessions

“ One may be rich, one’s life does not consist of possessions” Jesus says. (Luke 12:15). Jesus is trying to tell us not to place our trust in material things but instead to focus on the things of the spirit. As human being we have to pursue and sustain our comfortable lifestyle.

Face Planting

Like you, I have been thoroughly enjoying this snow. It can be really enjoyable if you don’t lose electricity, lose livestock, have pipes freeze, have anywhere important to be, get stuck in it, or have to work outdoors in it.

God Keeps His Promises

We who have run for our very lives to God have every reason to grab the promised hope with both hands and never let go.

Divine Providence Pastor’s Corner:

I don’t see much high places or mountains here in Kansas, but I’m sure probably most of us have been to the top of a very high mountain at one time or another and found it to be very exciting experience, you know the height, the thin air, the wind, the sense of achievement after the hard climb and...

Jessie's Corner: How Big Should It Be?

The inner room was 35 feet square. “This,” he told me, “is the Most Holy Place.” Ezekiel 41:4 (New Living Translation) There a re peopl e who are comfortable with numbers. They understand how digits can come together to either get bigger or to get smaller.

Bloom

The thing about the holidays is they can bring a range of emotions— everything from overstimulation, exhaustion, or family drama, and sometimes all the above. As much mind chanting I was doing after Thanksgiving that it’s ALL about Jesus, I was on the eve of December just done. And sort of undone.

Pastor’s Corner: I want to see

There’ s a nar rat i ve story in the Bible about a blind man begging at the roadside, name Bartimaeus. I believe he has been blind for many years and spent his time begging.

Jessie's Corner: What Have I Done?

Dear Reader, In this issue of The Native Sun, we introduce you to author Becky Gillette, who writes in a columns inspired by the bible versus noted in the piece. We hope you find her work as interesting and enjoyable as you have indicated you find Mari Davis's Bloom column.

Vacuum

Have you ever asked one of your kids to vacuum a room? If you stand there and watch, it’s a cattywampus path like that of one traipsing around the produce department at a brand-new grocery store. The first time my dad taught me to run the sweeper was when we lived in Germany.

Editorial: Stand, by Kansas State Rep. Steven Howe

Steven Howe (R) is a member of the Kansas House of Representatives, representing District 71 (parts of Saline County). He was first elected in 2020 and re-elected in 2022. His current term ends on January 13, 2025.