Classic re-post My two oldest boys hiked a section of the Appalachian Trail a couple years ago. I even have a picture to document their adventure. They came back with some neat pictures and tales to tell that will endure long after the pictures are gone. There is an interesting tradition on the Appalachian Trail. […]
The Way it Should Have Been
The Way It Should Have Been (mp3) Last week I watched a lovely old movie about a newly-wed pastor and his young, beautiful wife. The movie follows their first three years serving a rural Methodist circuit charge in the Blue Ridge Mountains of northern Georgia. In the movie the pastor was a good guy. That […]
Barakel Sr. High Retreat
Last weekend I spoke to about 200 teens at Camp Barakel. Among them was a large group of young people from Grace Church in Granger, Indiana, where our son Kyle is the Youth Pastor. It was a perfect winter weekend. There is really no way to describe the fellowship, the birds outside the dining hall, […]
Tim Tebow Family
Check out the Tebow Family Website This has been my most popular blog post ever 🙂 Our family has great admiration for the Tebow family and how they have devoted their lives to the honor of the Lord Jesus Christ. We used the same home-education program to train our families so we have followed Tim […]
Unfinished Dreams
This weekend Lois and I flew to Texas for a wedding. I officiated and Lois photographed the whole beautiful affair. It was a Christ-honoring wedding held at a lovely country estate about an hour outside of Houston. We stayed in a huge house set back almost a mile from the road. I had some time […]
Bonar’s Morning Rules
Classic Re-post from 2005 Here is an interesting quote from J. H. Jowett’s Yale Lectures on Preaching, “The Preacher, His Life and Work.” I read this Saturday night while preparing my heart for the pulpit: Andrew Bonar wrote in his journal… “By the grace of God and the strength of His Holy Spirit I desire […]