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Leaving Flint
When we arrived in Flint four years ago we were filled with a sense of great inadequacy. God sent help and sustained us in ways for which there is no human explaination. There were times early-on when I battled an oppressive spirit, but by the grace of God that gave way to joy and purpose […]
No Empty Chairs
When you have kids, there is always something to worry about, something to keep you up praying at night and get you up early the next morning praying some more. When Kyle was four and Charles was an infant Lois asked Kyle to watch Charles so he wouldn’t roll off the changing table. She had […]
My Studies at Cambridge
In the first summer of my graduate work I took a week-long modular course. I traveled to the college and stayed in a hotel while taking the class. Loitering around the campus early in the week, I asked one of the students if he could recommend a church that would have a mid-week prayer meeting. […]
Travels, Reading, and Links
INDIANAPLOIS Last week it was my delightful privilege to speak to hundreds of students and parents at our regional training conference in Indianapolis. I spoke for over an hour to the students, over an hour to the parents and then I stood around for three hours talking to friends old and new after that. We […]
The Last Act of Our Chef
Kim Cahill left last month to take a new job at Mt. Herman Bible Conference Grounds in California. That ended nearly five years of service here at the Character Inn as our head chef. She was a good one.