WRITTEN BY TIM LABRECHE
Exiting the coffee shop on a cold, wintery Saturday in downtown Sioux City, I started walking towards my car across the street. As always, I didn’t wear my coat, even though the temperature said I probably should have been. As I approached the door, I noticed in the distance an elderly…
WRITTEN BY CHERYL WELLS
It’s exciting to be able to feature my coffeehouse in Le Mars this issue. Habitué Coffeehouse & Bakery has been open 14 years on March 29, 2024. We just finished a refurbishment, and it is a fresh new look for this new season. Please come in and sit awhile and enjoy…
WRITTEN BY CHERYL WELLS
Isn’t January and February usually a slower pace and a quieter time? That’s not my story right now. My crazy November and December rolled into a really challenging new year that is full of busy work for me. To be honest, there’s a lot going on, and it’s hard to keep…
WRITTEN BY TIM LABRECHE
I shared in January that when we think of the word tandem, the word that comes to mind most often is a tandem bicycle. Most of us will envision a couple on a beautiful summer day, smiling and pedaling in unison. It’s truly a romantic and sweet picture. I also mentioned…
WRITTEN BY CHERYL WELLS
Another new start to a New Year. If you have been reading my articles over this last couple of years you may have picked up on my love for our little community. Mike and I have both been growing to love Le Mars over the past 30-plus years that we have…
WRITTEN BY TIM LABRECHE
When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases, and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. He told them: “Take nothing for the journey—no staff, no bag, no bread,…
Written by Cheryl Wells
John Maxwell said in his book No Limits, “your best days are before you.” This has become my truth through the years. It didn’t use to be, believe me. There are so many places in the word of God that we can learn this and claim it. It’s where John got…
WRITTEN BY TIM LABRECHE
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, and see, the new has come! (2 Corinthians 5:17, CSB)
Last January, when I kicked off a year of writing about who God says we are, I started with the fact that we are forgiven.…
WRITTEN BY TIM LABRECHE
For most of last month, I have been attending the Citizen’s Academy, which the Le Mars Police Department and the Plymouth County Sheriff put on together. It’s been an exciting month to see what the officers protecting us go through. My eyes have been opened to how knowledgeable, skilled, and proficient…
WRITTEN BY TIM LABRECHE
I have many different responsibilities in my positions at both Side by Side Ministries and Habitué. One of the roles I hold is developing, designing, and creating any graphics that are needed. Whether it be a menu board a guest reads at Habitué, the prayer focus you’re reading online right now,…