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Don't Forget to Pray
It was just a month after High School graduation and my days as a Bible camp counselor didn't have a normal start...
Mike "Mutt" Rieck
Feb 3, 20212 min read
2020 VISION
See the good God did despite the bad that happened.
Follow Jesus, Lead Your Family.
Mike "Mutt" Rieck
Jan 1, 20211 min read
Learning From the Past
We do what has worked for us before, but in our spiritual life it seems to be a harder lesson to learn...
Mike "Mutt" Rieck
Sep 22, 20201 min read
CHRIST(mas) in me
"I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the...
Mike "Mutt" Rieck
Dec 24, 20192 min read
Show and Tell
It doesn't have to be complicated or deeply theological. What's important is taking time as often as you can to show and tell your...
Mike "Mutt" Rieck
Oct 3, 20191 min read
Quiet Time - Not Guilty
I talk often of the importance of spending time with God each day, but I know I miss that mark often. I realized recently the biggest...
Mike "Mutt" Rieck
May 2, 20193 min read
Sign Sign Everywhere a Sign
It was a late summer night outside Sturgis, SD. I was staying at a farm house, my last host family at the end of a year on the road with...
Mike "Mutt" Rieck
Dec 21, 20184 min read
Curfew
Being at the young end of my grade, I started driving a little later than most. I also started dating a little later than most. These...
Mike "Mutt" Rieck
Jun 26, 20185 min read
Change the World?
It's hard to miss - in headlines, social media, pop culture, maybe even among your own friends, it feels like being a Christian is...
Mike "Mutt" Rieck
May 10, 20182 min read
Giving and Getting
Merry Christmas. A quick thought for both personal and family devotions. Regardless of your economic situation, it is likely this time of...
Mike "Mutt" Rieck
Dec 25, 20172 min read
Be Ready
It's deer season, and while bow hunting earlier this fall I learned one of those little "this is like life with God" lessons. I know...
Mike "Mutt" Rieck
Nov 17, 20172 min read
Roller coaster
I've had a very up and down relationship with roller coasters ;-) Seriously though, at different times of life my opinion has varied. As...
Mike "Mutt" Rieck
Nov 4, 20172 min read
Have To Or Get To
"He taught me how to make that fly look like it was so alive, then he helped me understand how to be a fisher of men". Geoff Moore, Best...
Mike "Mutt" Rieck
Sep 18, 20172 min read
Text, Call, or Eat together?
Sometimes we're a little irritated when kids (and adults) seem to be constantly connected. But what if that constant connection is part...
Mike "Mutt" Rieck
Aug 4, 20173 min read
Your Faith is Just a Crutch...(?)
Christians may find that offensive, but if we're honest, we may also know it's partly true. At times our relationship with God is a...
Mike "Mutt" Rieck
Apr 25, 20172 min read
Slip Slidin' Away
And that's how it happens.... The backslide, the slip, the lag, the laziness. Go back to this blog in January and you'll read about the...
Mike "Mutt" Rieck
Jun 21, 20162 min read
Therefore we will not fear
Look into your own past, as near or far as you'd like as long as it's not the present, and think of something bad that happened. Before...
Mike "Mutt" Rieck
Mar 9, 20162 min read
A Firm Foundation for Parenting
One can never underestimate or overstate how good it is to sit quietly with God and His word as often as possible. I'm sure many of you...
Mike "Mutt" Rieck
Jan 5, 20161 min read
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