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This year I was once again asked to speak at the Badger Memorial Day Celebration. Last year due to COVID we had a closed service and my message was shared right here in the newspaper. Even though we had our regular ceremony this year, I still wanted...

This year I was once again asked to speak at the Badger Memorial Day Celebration. Last year due to COVID we had a closed service and my message was shared right here in the newspaper. Even though we had our regular ceremony this year, I still wanted... Full story

Greetings!! As we get ready to celebrate Easter, I wanted to take some time and share what has been on my heart for awhile now. What a year it has been. Executive orders, lock-downs, riots, elections, and conspiracies more than enough for the... Full story

Welcome to another week and another foray into the realm of brokenness. It is my sincere prayer that this will be a blessing for you and that you will be able to find healing from whatever has left you broken. Let me start this with a question. Have...

Submitted by Pastor Dave Peterson The following is the text from my speech for the Badger Memorial Day Celebration. We were unable to give this speech live due to COVID-19 restrictions on gathering. I thank you for taking the time to read these...

Easter week is over but I want to share with you some of my message from Easter or as I call it, Resurrection Day. When you ask most people of faith they will surely be able to tell you the basic meaning behind Easter. Jesus was crucified, buried,...

A little over a year ago I wrote about “The Broken Church.” That one little column really caused a buzz. When we spoke last, I focused on the church taking on more of an American identity than identifying with Christ, today we are going to jump even...

I want to jump right into this weeks discussion. We have started a series at our church titled, “The PROCESS.” We are talking about how most often than not God takes us through a process instead of giving us an immediate answer. The process is the...

I want to apologize for my lack of writing over the last few weeks. It has been very busy on our end and almost overwhelming, but we are back now. Everywhere you look you can see brokenness. Mental brokenness, spiritual brokenness, physical...

Hello, my name is Mephiboseth. I bet two things crossed your mind as you read that; one, who is this Mephiboseth guy and two, I thought the dude who wrote this is named Dave. So first let me say that, yes my name really is Dave and I am going to...

Hello my name is Naaman. Well not really, it is David, but Naaman is someone I can relate to and I bet some of you can relate to him as well. In the Bible, 2 Kings chapter 5 and verse 1 we are introduced to this guy named Naaman. This one verse...

My weekly writings and Sunday sermons all start from the same place. I pray and ask God what He would have me say and then I wait. Does God give me an audible answer? Most often than not it is no. What does happen is that someone contacts me with a...

Beyond brokenness, it sounds so cliched and almost trivial but it is a point that 99.9 percent of us try to get to. A point that for far too many seems like a hopeless journey. Hopelessness coupled with despair are not the best of situations and in...

Palm Sunday. Good Friday. Easter Sunday. These are all days we know and most of us celebrate during what we call Holy Week. Churches all across America will see their attendance swell. People who haven’t been in church since Christmas will put on t...

Greetings everyone. WOW it has truly been a busy few weeks for me, but busy is good. Last Friday and Saturday I was able to attend a men’s retreat down in Alexandria and let me just tell you that it was amazing. I already can’t wait until next yea...

I want to start this week by sending out a big thank you to my faithful readers. The last few weeks I have received some interesting feedback. It is refreshing to know that my little corner of the paper is helping people. As I write this it is 12:15...

This has been a very busy week to say the least. I want to start by sending my heartfelt condolences to all involved in the tragic house fire in Badger. All parties involved are overwhelmed by all that has happened. They are also grateful that they...

WARNING: THE FOLLOWING MIGHT BE DEEMED CONTROVERSIAL AND IT MIGHT BE OFFENSIVE TO SOME READERS. THE OPINIONS ARE THOSE OF THE AUTHOR, YOU ARE FREE TO DISAGREE. Now that we got that out of the way, I want to get right into this weeks musings. The...

So, we made it to another week. That is a good thing, right? Let’s jump right in, shall we. This week I want to talk about a dude named Elijah. He was a big-time preacher back in Israel and he was faced with an evil King and an even more evil Queen....

Let’s start this week with a question. How many of you feel like you have missed opportunities in your life? Anyone, Anyone? I am quite sure that I am not alone in saying that I have missed more than one opportunity. I want to share an account f...

I am going to start this week by telling you a story. Oh and yes, it is a true story. There was a very affluent man and while the rest of the able bodied men were out fighting for their country, he found a way to stay home. It happened that one day...

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about being shipwrecked. In it I spoke about the times when we feel like our plans have been “shipwrecked” and we are left to pick up the pieces. I also spoke about how we at times need to hold on to some of that bro...

So I was meditating on what I should write this week and quite frankly I wasn't getting anywhere. So when that happens I find it is always best to go to the beginning. So I started reading the Gospel of Matthew and I noticed something odd. That is...