This week I am speaking to teens at the Kentucky Mountain Mission near Beattyville, Kentucky. The camp is on a mountain only a few miles from where Lois was born. (Folk from these parts have an endearing way of saying the name of their county when they are asked where they are from). The camp […]
A Sense of the Presence of the Lord
Last spring I was asked to speak at a conference in Texas. I did two plenary sessions, a youth session, and a session for pastors. The pastor’s session was held in a home on a lake. It was a beautiful morning. April in Michigan is often still winter-like but April in Texas was warm and […]
An Ordinary Trip-An Extraordinary Memory
Our sixth and seventh-born children are Daniel Wesley and Wesley Josiah. The were born in Knox County, Ohio. Daniel at home in our farm house out on Rutledge Road and Wesley on in our home on Apple Valley Drive a few miles away. Daniel and Wes spent four of the most significant years of their […]
Return to the Ark of Salvation!
Last week I preached a three-day revival at the Ark of Salvation in Atlanta, Georgia. The church is pastored by Nathaniel Bronner Jr. His brothers C. Elijah and James Bonner are also pastors on staff. The folk at the Ark are some of the warmest and most wonderful people I have ever spoken to. The […]
Pirates in the Park
On the way home from the study every evening I pass a park filled with pirates, dozens of them every autumn night. They are Riverview Pirates, young Riverview football players practicing for thier Saturday games. They wear bright yellow pants and burgundy jerseys. When I see them I always feel a pang of memory… sweet […]
A Week on Lincoln Lake
This morning I am writing in a lodge overlooking a large quiet lake about an hour northeast of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Jim Lockwood is the director here. Tom Shaw is the director of operations. Micah Steiner is the director of ministries. Joel Schmuland is the program director. Forty-eight years ago I spent a week here […]