Why is Christmas important?

December 19, 2024

The real story that we celebrate at Christmas time requires the whole Bible to tell. It’s the story that we’ve spent most of our life being a part of helping others tell… I’d love to write that it’s a short, simple, everybody’s-happy at the end kind of read. It isn’t. But you should still read […]

October 2023 Update

October 23, 2023

Fall has finally found us here in Wisconsin. The mornings are frosty, and the boys wear coats on the way to school. The leaves are showing their colors before they drop, and our trick knees and elbows are reminding us that yet another year has passed and winter is on the way. Over the years, […]

My FIRST turbo and 2 Important Things Learned

November 2, 2022

Once again, it’s time for a ministry update and there is SO much to tell you all about! Seriously. Time has flown by for us here at EBI and we’ve had a lot of changes in our ministry. It has been mostly good, and definitely all challenging mentally and physically, and of course required massive […]

A broken arm, a mangled tongue, and a leaky basement.

December 10, 2021

That was just September! It HAS been a year for the books. Would NOT have minded if some of it stayed in them, though. Thank God that we know the end of this Story! Can you imagine the turmoil if you didn’t know that God’s Word said that God is a good God (Luke […]

So, it’s June. 2021. Already.

June 17, 2021

Anyone else feel like while 2020 went very slowly, 2021 has been trying to do double time to make up for it? I know that March was just 3 months ago, and maybe it seems like this BECAUSE WE’RE in the, “Hurry up and wait mode.” But it just seems like I’ve had so much […]

March 2021 Update

March 25, 2021

In many ways, 2020 was a weird blessing that we’re incredibly grateful for and still trying to recover from. Over the last few months, not only have I been challenged to dig into the Word of God, but I have had the opportunity to do so with an old friend. In the process, it seems […]

Happy New Year! Happy Spring! Is it Summer, yet?!

January 29, 2021

Last night was the first “cold” night of the winter already and already summer seems like it is lurking around the corner. Please quietly disregard the fact that there is still snow on the ground and it’s below freezing… I don’t really ever remember thinking that, before. You see, I’m the guy that would be […]

How much more can God stand?!

October 27, 2020

My pastor dropped some heavy truth on Sunday. I thought maybe those of you that read my meanderings would appreciate some thoughts from the words spoken. We’ve been in 1st John for a while now, going methodically through the verses. It has been VERY good, and as a Historical Literal Grammatical student of the Word […]

A couple of months for the books…

July 24, 2020

Well, we have officially kicked off the much needed ministry partner development time! We’ve been looking forward to this time when we can dedicate our energies toward connecting with new partners and reconnecting with long time partners. I know that we are not alone feeling that things are not normal, in America. “Quarantines” and “protests,” […]

Mathew Meanderings – Fall 2019 Update

September 23, 2019