Author: Chris G Thelen

I’ve been a writer all my life. Growing up on a farm, I dreamed up all kinds of stories as I spent hours in the fields and the barn. When I graduated from high school, I studied journalism in college and began my career as a writer in advertising. Eventually I made my way into corporate communications before retiring a few years ago. Now I am writing for myself—dabbling in blogging and working on self-publishing that novel that’s been in my head for quite a few years. Through it all, I have thoroughly enjoyed the creative process and using words to create stories.

God is in the Minutiae

There are times you may feel like you don’t have a role to play in your worship community or that what you do for the Lord is insignificant in the scheme of things. Be assured that every task given by God is important in His Kingdom no matter how small it may seem to you. […]

Publishing Schedule

The regular publication schedule of Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday 6 a.m. continues this month, but I want to highlight a Christmas series that will post on December 11, 16, 18 and 23. The series “Christmas Priorities” will focus on how people at the time of Jesus’ birth shifted their priorities to focus on the new […]

Sunday Praise

I will give You thanks with all my heart;I will sing praises to You before the gods.I will bow down toward Your holy templeAnd give thanks to Your name for Your lovingkindness and Your truth;For You have magnified Your word according to all Your name. – Psalm 138:1-2, NASB

Thanksgiving Praise

Oh give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name;Make known His deeds among the peoples.Sing to Him, sing praises to Him;Speak of all His wonders.Glory in His holy name;Let the heart of those who seek the LORD be glad.Seek the LORD and His strength;Seek His face continually. – 1 Chronicles 16:8-11, NASB

Empty Nets and Emptiness

What you choose in life can determine if you experience emptiness or fullness each day.

Sunday Praise

I will extol You, my God, O King,And I will bless Your name forever and ever. Every day I will bless You, And I will praise Your name forever and ever. Great is the LORD, and highly to be praised, And His greatness is unsearchable. One generation shall praise Your works to another, And shall […]

When God is Plan B

Contingency plans are a part of life. It’s when we have a backup plan in case our initial plan doesn’t work out. How many times do we make Jesus the contingency plan when things in our life don’t go according to our expectations? Instead of starting out trusting God in whatever happens and abiding in […]

Eternal Breakfast

Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to accomplish His work. – John 4:34, NASB May your day start with the nourishment of God’s will for your life. May you trust in Him and the path He has laid before you. Follow Him with His […]

Sunday Praise

So let us know, let us press on to know the LORD.His going forth is as certain as the dawn;And He will come to us like the rain,Like the spring rain watering the earth.” – Hosea 6:3, NASB

God Has Prepared You for This Moment

This moment, this place where you are at, God has prepared you for it. He has given you skills, nurtured them, and has plans for you to use them. You may not see it now, but He will give you an opportunity to put them to use. When the Israelites left Egypt, many of them […]