Here in Michigan (we are in Flint hotel-sitting the Inn for one final week) people like to drive the back roads on autumn days and take in the color. During an excursion like that you want to keep your eyes open for apple orchards and cider mills. For the last three years or so we […]
The Bluegrass
We have just returned from our annual pilgrimage into the mountains of eastern Kentucky. Every year we try to make our way to Lois’ family reunion on Labor Day weekend. We drove down on Friday. On Saturday we visited and attended the parade and visited some more.
AUTUMN RETREATS
I would love to see you at one of the fall retreats I am speaking at soon…
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 […]
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.
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