Thursday, January 23, 2025

ARTICLES BY BRUCE MACEK

Finding peace in times of turmoil

In a world of 7.7 billion people there seems to be no end to the ever growing list of concerns that cause turmoil in our lives.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS AGO

Loving others: opportunity or just a burden?

Some years ago our mom spent several years in an assisted living facility as we were not able to care for her as she needed. Because I lived closest to her, it only made sense for me to visit her at least a couple times a week as well as …
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS AGO

To manage or to trust God

Recently we had some friends from Oregon stop by for a visit. It was a B.S.D., Before the Smoke Days so it was beautiful blue sky, warm but not hot, kind of a Norman Rockwell day.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Staying focused

I’m what you might call a late bloomer pastor. There are a few of us around. We’re the ones who have had the call to shepherd for many years but for whatever reasons were unable to pursue the call in our younger years. The church I’m privileged to be a …
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

God calls on us to expand our worlds

Not that long ago our family found ourselves living in a mobile home in a park in Oregon.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

God speaks to us in a variety of ways

Living in Coeur d’Alene, he’s a frequent sight. In the summer he can be found clad only in a pair of shorts, no shoes no shirt, wandering the streets. Sometimes he can be seen sitting on a curb. Other times he’s standing or walking down the middle of Appleway Avenue …
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Where is the hope?

In a recent Associated Press article dated Nov. 2, 2016, in the Coeur d’Alene Press, the writer’s comments on this year’s presidential campaign summed up the feelings of many of us when they wrote,” As the caustic presidential race lurches toward the finish line, each candidate is aggressively casting the …
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Know Jesus and know true peace

According to the Aug. 6-12, 2016, issue of “The Economist”, the Inland Northwest is is becoming a sanctuary of sorts, for folks preparing for the impending takeover of a political influence foreign or domestic or perhaps the failure of the national economy or power grid.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

God's goodness and love provide powerful comfort

Sometime ago at one of our family gatherings my sister Diane sat our mom down at her kitchen table in order to begin the meal.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

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