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You Are Not Alone
You are not alone. Last weekend my son sat in Ohio with friends from his church watching the live stream of a global Christian conference....
Mike "Mutt" Rieck
Mar 81 min read
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What Fans Are Saying...
This probably doesn't happen to you, but sometimes I see a headline online that looks good and open the article. Then I find there's not...
Mike "Mutt" Rieck
Sep 27, 20242 min read
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My Yard Is Not Perfect
My yard is not perfect. I live in the woods, I have no HOA, no one golfs on my lawn. My yard is not perfect. I keep it mowed. I...
Mike "Mutt" Rieck
Jul 30, 20242 min read
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Why?
“Why do bad things happen to good people?”. You've no doubt heard, or even asked, that question. Whether it's an international mass...
Mike "Mutt" Rieck
Apr 30, 20242 min read
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God's Word is Truth
God's word is truth. So much of what we hear from “the world” goes against what we hear from God's word. It's good to look at those...
Mike "Mutt" Rieck
Apr 23, 20242 min read
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I Love You God
I love you God, because you first loved me. Say it again, I love you God. We like to hear it and those we love like to hear it. It's...
Mike "Mutt" Rieck
Mar 29, 20241 min read
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That you may believe...
Toward the end of the Gospel of John, he explains that he wrote the book so that readers would believe in Jesus and have life in His...
Mike "Mutt" Rieck
Mar 8, 20241 min read
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Fourth Man in the Fire
...God did not immediately bring them out, but instead was present with them in the fire with them...
Mike "Mutt" Rieck
Feb 28, 20242 min read
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Love Not Hate
Short thought: In quiet time this week, focus on the FACT that God loves you as you are and has forgiven you; this is not smart or...
Mike "Mutt" Rieck
Feb 7, 20243 min read
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Clean To Get It Clean
Back when I ran housekeeping for turnover days at a camp, I would send the crew out with the phrase "clean to get it clean, not to get it...
Mike "Mutt" Rieck
Feb 7, 20242 min read
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God Bless the Hunt
As we head out to the stand we say "God bless the hunt". It's a short prayer that encompasses much…
Mike "Mutt" Rieck
Nov 18, 20231 min read
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Urgency
I’ve had a task on my “to do” list for many weeks. The Job took less than 5 minutes and could have been done at any time, but I did it...
Mike "Mutt" Rieck
Aug 2, 20232 min read
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The Storm
Sometimes we're so focused on the storm on the horizon, we miss the blessings right in front of us. To put it another way, I recently...
Mike "Mutt" Rieck
May 10, 20232 min read
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Eyes of Faith
In a study of Hebrews Derwin Gray said "eyes of Faith see the bigness of God". Hebrews 11 highlights the biblical history of those...
Mike "Mutt" Rieck
Mar 21, 20232 min read
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Yay God!
I thought I had lost something while mowing the other day. I was pretty unhappy until I saw that it had fallen under the seat and was...
Mike "Mutt" Rieck
Aug 19, 20221 min read
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The Dump
My usual routine when I make a run to the Dump with our household garbage is to grab breakfast to go and listen to a Christian podcast on...
Mike "Mutt" Rieck
May 26, 20221 min read
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Above it All
As our lives go through ups and downs, we are reminded that our circumstances change, but God does not. He is above it all. His love is...
Mike "Mutt" Rieck
Apr 16, 20221 min read
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Follow Through the Storm
Recently I drove through a winter storm. Low visibility, freezing rain, wind, snow... It was a full menu on a long slow trip. In the...
Mike "Mutt" Rieck
Mar 2, 20221 min read
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Forever Providing Protection
Apparently if you do about 7 verses a day you can pray/read the Psalms in a year. It's taking me to Psalms I've never read before…...
Mike "Mutt" Rieck
Jan 22, 20221 min read
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(Deer) Signs
Deer poop; deer beds; deer tracks; deer diarrhea; I went snowshoeing recently and I'm sure there are deer in the woods. I didn't...
Mike "Mutt" Rieck
Mar 16, 20211 min read
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