Here is Lacey Howard's awesome TED talk. I highly recommend it. If you would like a manuscript of this sermon, please reach out to me in the "Contact Me" page.  

I borrow heavily from this NPR article. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14900930

From the Dickinson County News's Pastor's Blog. I have lived in Iowa my whole life except for the three years I lived in Tennessee for seminary. The terrain in Tennessee differs greatly from Iowa. My wife Sara and I lived on the Cumberland Plateau surrounded by forest. The great trees often blocked the sun from... Continue Reading →