The Upward Look, by Jon ForrestFaith = Trust = RiskSee Matthew 14:25-32 There is the story of a man who was on his horse galloping swiftly along the road. An old farmer standing in the fields seeing h...  Read More

The Upward Look, by Jon ForrestTransformedSee Mark 5:1-20 They went across the lake to the region of the Gerasenes (or Gaderenes). What a night Jesus and his disciples had already had. Jesus had still...  Read More

The Upward Look, by Jon ForrestWhy Do You Go To Church?One Sunday a visitor showed up in a more formal, liturgical church than he was used to attending. The church was so quiet you could hear a pin dr...  Read More

The Upward Look, by Jon ForrestServiceA new homeowner’s riding lawn mower had broken down, and he had been working fruitlessly for two hours trying to get it back together.Suddenly, one of his neighbo...  Read More

The Upward Look, by Jon ForrestLeaving a Godly Legacy Things My Mother Taught Me...My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE"If you’re going kill each other, do it outside - I just finished cl...  Read More

The Upward Look, by Jon ForrestStop Moving!Mary Brumbaugh’s husband, an airline pilot, often has difficulty locating items around the house. One day he asked Mary where the salt was. Annoyed, she resp...  Read More

The Upward Look, by Jon ForrestThinning Out ChristThere was a little old church out in the countryside: painted white and with a high steeple. One Sunday, the pastor noticed that his church needed pai...  Read More

The Upward Look, by Jon ForrestFish or Talk?A Fish and Game Warden had a friend who was quite the fisherman. The friend would go fishing almost every day. Day in and day out he came back in a very sho...  Read More

The Upward Look, by Jon ForrestGood News and Bad News about Palm SundayRalph and his friend George went golfing together one Saturday morning as they had for 24 years. They were fanatics about their g...  Read More

The Upward Look, by Jon ForrestCounting the CostThe great violinist, Nicolo Paganini, willed his marvelous violin to Genoa -- the city of his birth -- but only on condition that the instrument never b...  Read More

The Upward Look, by Jon ForrestWhat are you doing?Based on James 2:14-26How is your faith? How do you know how your faith is? James tells us!In James 2:17 we find the words…faith by itself, if it is n...  Read More

The Upward Look, by Jon ForrestLife Aboard the Fellow-ShipOne of my favorite authors is Max Lucado. Many years ago, Max released a little parable on unity that made a huge impact on me and on many oth...  Read More