Singleness. Whether you see it as a gift or a burden, a joy or a pain, how it is spent matters.* How it is spent has long-lasting effects, good or bad, on your entire life. How you spend your singleness affects not just you, but many others, including your family and church. The season of singleness can produce in our hearts two significant pursuits: sanctification or selfishness. Will it be submission to God and His Word, or submission to your own desires? Will you seek to

As we enter 2026, we are honored to share an Instagram post from Abby Ekberg. We trust this article will help set your focus on what is true, good, and beautiful in 2026. Cursing, Calories, and Clickbait. I’m sure you see it. When it comes to the culture of social media, this is the air we breathe, and it’s really what social media thrives off of. Cursing Cursing, because if you want to fit in, it’s no longer acceptable to have a good vocabulary. You must fit in with the crow

Two years ago, I had the honor to write about my dear friend, Tim Wymbs, who entered Glory on June 9, 2023. You can read the post here . I described his life as a wildfire of prayer, in that his love to pray for all things and all kinds of people brought a lighter and kindling to the lives of those who didn't have a passion for prayer. Now two years removed from that article, I get to honor his wife, Barbara Ann, who entered glory on December 6, 2025. To continue a theme from

What makes one's life happy and blessed? As we consider those who have gone before, we often consider what they had, what they did, or what they accomplished as the basis for their great life. They may have traveled the world, had wealth, prestige, a successful job, unique experiences, a blessed family, and everything in between. But what if the story of a great life begins with what you didn't have, couldn't do, or never did? Maybe a great life begins with the little you had

There is mercy here. I can smell it in the blossoming trees all white and pink and fragrantly sweet. I can hear it in the rain that beats and lulls the weary one to sleep. I can see it in the dawn of spring that shatters winter so colorfully. There is mercy here—evidence of a King who loves the tired, worn, and weak. He quiets the howling of winter with the presence of his peace, made tangible in nature’s flowering. He comforts us with lovely things. So let’s thank him for sp

Since my mom finished her race, eternity has been a reoccurring meditation of mine. I guess it is only natural when someone close to you dies to consider the heavenly realm a little more. But as I have been pondering the great beyond, I have been confronted with the fact that I have very little idea of what to expect. Doubts I have had a doubt plaguing me the last couple of months (often when I lie awake at night), an idea that this life is all we get. What if I never get to

On the first page of our Bibles, we learn the glorious truth that God created. This truth is so simple yet so foundational to everything both in our lives and in this world. God created. God created the heavens and the earth. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1 (LSB) He created all things, and a few verses later, we learn about God appointing the day and the night through the separation of light and darkness. And God saw that the light was goo

Welcome to Everlasting Rock! It's a joy and honor to welcome you to our site. We exist to help you know, love, trust, and build your life on the Everlasting Rock. As I grow older and watch the years go by - including the last two years - it has become clear that the foundations we have built our lives on are not rock-solid foundations. The foundations we build on will crumble and fall apart unless we build on the Everlasting Rock. "Trust in the LORD forever,