When I lead a Journey to the Heart it is an experience in intense discipleship in a group of twelve, the way Jesus did it. I do as much of the teaching as I can outdoors. Between lessons sometimes I enjoy of luxury of a snooze in the sunshine. When this picture was taken I was basking in the goodness of God.

It’s Memorial Day today. My Grandfather was a WWII veteran and on Memorial Day we would often visit the farm and take in a remembrance service, and visit our family’s gravesite. I won’t be able to do that today. All my grandparents are with the Lord and now I am a grandpa.
Each of my grandparents loved the Lord, they loved their country, and they loved me. Grandpa Pierpont was a skilled storyteller and it was common for him to tell stories of manliness, honor, …

As beautiful as our world is, it is fallen and sin-cursed. There is enough beauty here to stir our hearts with longing for God and enough of the curse to remind us that this world as it is is not our final destination.
I am headed for the Northwoods again. It is beautiful there. Tannin-stained waters clear to the bottom, the northern lights, bright stars over the lake, the call of the loon, bonfires at night, it is a beautiful place. I look …

Can you imagine our rejoicing today? This is our first grandson… our first grandchild. He was born in Mishawaka, Indiana on the 16th of May, 2007. He was 7 pounds and 14 ounces and twenty-two inches in length. He has a set of preacher’s lungs on his designed for heralding the gospel. We drove over yesterday and I was able to bless him within the first few yours of his life. Lois was holding him in this picture. I think that is why …

If I ever wrote myself into a story I would have to live in a house with a lilac bush outside our bedroom window so the evening breeze would carry the scent of lilac into the room as I say goodnight to the Lord and drift into sleep.
It is springtime now and I am thinking about things like that. This is our first spring in our house here in Hinsdale. I’ve been away some. The other morning was a glorious, sunny, spring morning. I was getting …