Gary Smaley’s kidneys failed. After a search for a kidney donor, his own son volunteered to give him one of his kidneys. Gary opens his book, Your Relationship with God, telling the story of that morning. He was cold, uncomfortable and grumpy. He was in an uncomfortable hospital gown irritated and impatient that things were […]
Transformation with No Snake-Oil
Christ Formed in You; The Power of the Gospel for Personal Change. Brian Hedges (Review) Christ Formed in You; The Power of the Gospel for Personal Change is a promising and compelling title. It is promising because it suggests it is the Christian gospel that empowers change. It is compelling because of the universal longing […]
Two New Books and a New Story
It’s a crisp autumn morning in the Downriver. We had a good Lord’s Day yesterday. I poured my heart out to the people. If you are interested you can listen to the podcasts. If you don’t have time for the whole message, listen to the story I told to start my AM message. There is […]
Learning from John McPhee and Sebastian Junger
Last night as evening fell, I found myself in the country enjoying a mellow and comely summer evening. I aimed my chair toward a far-away tree line in the west and read under a huge walnut tree while Lois took photos of our new grand-niece, Bailey Hope. Her big brothers, Riley and Wyatt (do these […]
Raising a Godly Family
“It is a good thing when a man has a house of his own, thus to convert it into a church, by dedicating it to the service and honour of God, that it may be a Bethel, a house of God, and not a Bethaven, a house of vanity and iniquity. Every good Christian who […]
Harold E. Kohn
Harold E. Kohn was from Michigan. I still lived in my native Ohio when I discovered him. He was a fellow pastor, writer, lover of nature and Michigander. Once a year the Public Library of Mt. Vernon, Ohio had a generous sale to rid themselves of their discarded books. It was a bit of an […]