This is where I started camping when I was eight years old… This week I am speaking to a great group of 150 Junior Campers! They are a lively but attentive bunch. Please pray if you think of us. Pray that I will make the gospel clear to their little hearts and that God will […]
On the Banks of the Sugar River
The Parson-Storyteller is Circuit-Riding This week. A couple times a day I’m preaching on the banks of the Sugar River that runs into the Tittabawassee, that joins the Shiawassee and spills into Saginaw Bay. The days have been clear, the nights cool. It’s Michigan at it’s best this week. I’m speaking at The Springs, a […]
A Unique Way to Impress Beautiful Women
A classic re-post from 2004 I noticed one day… I suppose my children pointed it out to me a special quality that gummy bears have. If you lick them and throw them they will stick to almost anything. If you lick them and throw them you can stick them to the ceiling. You can throw […]
Labor That is Never Wasted
One Sunday night many years ago I received a phone call that I was sure would be good news—but the news that night was deeply disappointing. It was a shock and a deep and bitter disappointment. The Christian gentleman on the other end of the line was named Gordon. He has since gone to be […]
Meeting God in a Plymouth Fury
My dad gave us an old four-door Plymouth Fury. Ours was very similar to this picture, except I remember that the grill in the front was all in one section and not divided. We hit a small deer and knocked out the grill and did not replace it which, the kids agreed, gave the car […]
Defying and Deifying Men
January 29, 2014- Lately I have been grieved and disappointed to discover the failures and weaknesses of Christian leaders who have been a great blessing and help to me in the past. It can be confusing and painful. We live in a time of spiritual tumult when it is tempting to adopt a Christian celebrity […]