Edwin Mathisen

LearningEd Says is a book of essays. Some address national issues such as too many shootings and black lives matter. Others focus on more personal issues like gift giving or retirement planning. While yet others challenge us with questions like why didn't Sears become Amazon or what only I can do. These essays, plus random thoughts that pop up in their midst, are cleverly arranged to cause the reader's thinking to cope concurrently with multiple ideas. This in turn provides the reader with the opportunity to pair ideas and create new ones. Perhaps the reader will see a here to fore unimagined solution to a long standing problem. In other words, this book is intended to be a blessing by sharing ideas, seeing problems differently, and perhaps visualizing a brand new solution. One that has never been seen previously. Ultimately, this book will help the reader "see in the dark".

In these days of the Corona virus pandemic, people are searching history for similar disruptive events that might help in understanding its long and short term impact. Two Boys provides a peek at disrupted lives from long ago and tells us we can endure.Two Boys is a description of the early life of two men born a day apart in 1940 and half way around the world from each other. This is the story of the world from the perspective of two boys. By nature, this book is historical, but on a very personal level. For example, what did preteens think about the polio epidemic or how did a preteen feel about being a refugee. How did World War II impact families, or what is the lasting impact of facing a firing squad? This book illustrates behind every headline there are real people with real lives who have real stories just like us.

This book was written on the occasion of Meadowland Community Church in Johnsburg, Illinois celebrating its 15th anniversary, and it offers insight into the history, administration, and ministries of a successful church plant. Beyond the facts and events, Meadowland Community Church-History and Celebration testifies that God is still active in this world as He was in the days of the disciples. Much of the story recorded here was written by individuals whose lives were altered when they encountered Jesus Christ at the church that gathers in the Red Barn. If you are not currently a follower of Jesus or if you don't have a home church, consider Meadowland Community Church-History and Celebration to be an invitation to join us at the Barn and become a part of what God is doing in McHenry County.