Good morning, I just got back from a birthday week in Colorado over MLK weekend. Something about the mountains and families. My friend Robin and I share birthday week and together we had a huge group of families out there, along with great friends from Minnesota and California. I think our group stretched to 40 … Continue reading Birthday Week →

Good morning, In the Bible, do you know the story of Peter told in the book of John? It is about Peter telling Jesus at the last supper that he would die for Him! He was the disciple that thought he was the most devoted, strongest follower of all. So, can you imagine his shame, defeated … Continue reading Do You Know the Story About Peter? →

Good morning, Yesterday we had a cool thing happen with the ice going off the lake in our bay and pushing huge ice chunks up on shore. We took our one-year-old grandson, Beau, out to look at it and he pointed and jabbered looking at the water, ice, and grass. He was so amazed!! He … Continue reading Huge Slabs of Ice →

Good morning, Steve and our son Jack just finished a great week of traveling with the Timberwolves and friends to Boston and Miami. In Miami, Steve was headed to Minnesota and Jack, back to Arizona for college. They had three bags of luggage: two black bags just the same from the T-wolves and one red … Continue reading Lost Luggage →

Good morning, I just got back from spring skiing out in Colorado and it was gorgeous weather but not so good skiing! My sister Barb just turned 50 and we had her husband and girls out for a birthday celebration and senior spring break. The girls were so excited to try skiing. They mastered the … Continue reading Spring Break 2017… Bowman-Style →

Good morning, I like to go and get a coffee in the morning at my favorite place and this morning the car in front of me was asked what her perks number was. Now, I don’t have one of these accounts but the number is either your phone number or just as many numbers. The … Continue reading Enthusiasm! →

Good morning, Today’s teaching is on embracing change. So many of us do not like change. We fight it or make our lives so routine and comfortable that something new sounds like work, or fear keeps us from moving on or bad habits seem too hard to change. Well, I am about to do a … Continue reading Embracing Change →

Good morning, I just got back from a trip out to California and I love to take the three-hour flight and just read a Christian book or the Bible. My sister-in-law Anne had given me the book, Jesus Calling a few years ago and I had not really read it more than a few devotionals. … Continue reading Love Plane Rides →

Good morning, I was listening to a sermon this morning and the minister was using a great visual. He pretended he was coughing and asked for a glass of water. They brought out a table and set a glass of water on it. He drank some, then he pulled out a bottle of blue dye. … Continue reading Glass of Blue Water →

Good morning, I have a new client who is doing a big remodel on their home and she is excited but “terrified,” was her word, at the same time. I totally understand her position. She has just met me and says she really likes me but truly all she knows is that her good friend … Continue reading New, Does Not Come First in a Remodel →