“Try” Or “Umph”
I have been pondering on the word 'triumph.' Normally, when someone does something for the first time, success is limited, and often, they just don't do well [...]
I Needed a Break
Hi it’s me Jonathan Cook. Christmas break is flying and we only have two more days until school. We have mostly been at home and some of our missionary [...]
Pumping Iron
Dear reader the New Year is here and people are trying new things. I have never tried anything new at the New Year my whole life until this year when I told my [...]
Science Show
One of my spiritual gifts is teaching. I love to explain things to younger kids. I also love science. Lately, I’ve been attempting to combine those two [...]
Jon’s Big Decision
I dedicated my life to Jesus Christ at Bethany Camp on July 23rd. That means I’ve decided that I will do my best to do anything and everything that God asks [...]
School Surprise (God-Style)
Near the end of school, I had an unexpected thing happen. On school fun day, during the ‘fill-the-bucket-challenge’, I noticed one of my friends looked [...]
Learning a Lesson
My dad has been trying hard to help me learn to use a list to help me remember to do all the truly important things each day. I've gotten better, but still [...]
Learning Compassion
There's this kid in school who, has a lot of trouble behaving well. One day, I wondered to myself, "I wonder what it's like to be in his shoes?" It kind of [...]
Never Tell God What You Don’t Want to Do
My mom says, that when she was a girl, she used to hear people say that you should never tell God what you don’t want to do because that’s just what [...]