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"By Faith" is a series of articles written by Pastor Eldon Peterson for the local Herald Journal newspaper.
Numbering Our Days
Today our youngest child leaves his teenage years behind with his 20th birthday; my wife and I have our 60th looming ahead of us. On...
Eldon Peterson
Nov 2, 20193 min read
Listen To The Alarms!
I appreciate today’s technology that helps keep us safe. Between my car’s collision avoidance system and the new technology I’m using to...
Eldon Peterson
Oct 3, 20193 min read
Giving Sacrificially
If you have been to the DI or Goodwill recently, you likely found that they are stricter in what they will receive for donations. They...
Eldon Peterson
Sep 5, 20193 min read
A “Tire”some Story
Recently the truth of the expression the “weakest link” has been evident to me. For a variety of reasons, we’ve needed to replace seven...
Eldon Peterson
Aug 7, 20193 min read
He Knows Your Face
A Forbes article offered an example of the expression of a “one in a million chance” that made me smile, “If you earn less than $200,000...
Eldon Peterson
Jul 11, 20193 min read
Half-full? Half-empty? Why not overflowing?
Are you familiar with the question of whether you view life from a cup being half-full or half-empty? Our answer reveals if we are an...
Eldon Peterson
Jun 12, 20193 min read
Jesus Will Help You Find Purpose
What if I told you that you were “Made for More”. More of what? We are likely to intuitively have a nagging feeling that there has to be...
Eldon Peterson
May 16, 20193 min read
Three Days that Changed the World
Have you noticed how one small choice that you have made in your life can affect the direction of your life? Maybe it was attending an...
Eldon Peterson
Apr 18, 20193 min read
I Love Jesus vs Jesus Loves Me
Have you noticed that how we say something is just as important as what we say? The order of our words can impact the meaning of what we...
Eldon Peterson
Mar 20, 20193 min read
Removing the Distortions From Our Lives
My record collection was partly destroyed a few years ago when my shop was flooded. They had been in storage for a couple decades because...
Eldon Peterson
Feb 21, 20193 min read
Does chasing your dreams cause you to lose your joy?
Each of us have dreams that we are chasing; goals that we are straining to achieve. When we’re young, our dream may be to own our own...
Eldon Peterson
Jan 24, 20193 min read
Can I Find Hope in the New Year?
Have you ever felt hopeless when you look to the New Year? With Christmas now in the rearview mirror, what do you see in 2019? Are you...
Eldon Peterson
Dec 27, 20183 min read
Advent – The Season of Waiting and Preparation
If you listed the top things that you least like to do, I’m pretty sure that waiting would be on your list. I know that it’s on mine. It...
Eldon Peterson
Nov 29, 20183 min read
Direction & Community
A few years ago, my wife asked me to workout with her at a gym that had rows of exercise equipment. I signed up and joined her but it...
Eldon Peterson
Nov 1, 20183 min read
Can't Win for Losing!
You know the expression, “Can’t win for losing”? I felt this a while back. In fact, maybe like you, I feel it often. I’ve been a Type 1...
Eldon Peterson
Oct 4, 20183 min read
Seeing things differently
Every fall family and student’s routines must change with the start of a new school year. The number of new things can be daunting. From...
Eldon Peterson
Sep 6, 20183 min read
Celebrating Ends and Beginnings
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, Anna Quindlen, wrote, “Life is not so much about beginnings and endings as it is about going on and on...
Eldon Peterson
Aug 9, 20183 min read
Crossing the Finish Line
For me, the image of crossing the finish line is vivid. Throughout my childhood, into high school and some in college I swam...
Eldon Peterson
Jul 12, 20183 min read
Road Trip To Heaven
What comes to your mind when I mention a road trip? Is it positive or negative? I hope that it is positive, however, the reality is that...
Eldon Peterson
Jun 14, 20183 min read
Graduating With Hope
With USU graduations behind us and high school graduations approaching, many are stepping into unchartered territory. Obviously,...
Eldon Peterson
May 17, 20183 min read
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