Here is a little “dispatch” from Camp Barakel. I’ve been preaching the Word twice a day to the campers from a list of my 50 favorite “Camp Lessons” …over the years I have labored to speak to campers in a way that is faithful to the Word and fresh and understandable to them. I’ve worked […]
Bittersweet Farm Journal (Number 53) A Cottage on the Lake
We’ve spent the week with the family up near Ludington fulfilling a dream we have had for years to spend the full week together in a cottage near Lake Michigan, thanks to the generosity of friends. We spent hours on the beach, watched the antics our adorable grand-children, walked the shore at sunset, visited […]
Bittersweet Farm Journal (Number 52) What Are You Going to Do With Your Longing for Love
It would be impossible to script more beautiful days than the last few days out on Bittersweet Farm. I’ve been walking in the cool of the morning at dawn or in the cool of the evening at dusk. The days have been sunny. The evening cools down. Fireflies are out over the lawn in the […]
Chuck Swindoll on Stories
In 1979 Lois and I were newly-married. To pay for our living expenses and try to get to college to continue to prepare for the ministry I drove a lunch wagon affectionately referred to as “The Roach Coach.” I listened to Christian radio continually. New on the radio that year was a young pastor with […]
The Simple Pen
Write words on paper… Form sentences—well-crafted sentences. Cluster them into paragraphs. Gather the paragraphs into stories… or essays or speeches. Weave them together and bind them into books… …books that warm people on winter nights, …or make good company at the lake house, …or expose the plight and pain of the poor and oppressed… …books […]
Bittersweet Farm Journal (Number 48) Sweet As Watermelon
A lot of very bad things happen in the world every day. One of the ways to keep our hearts from breaking is to know where in the world to look for good things. One such place is Ada Bible Church in the Grand Rapids, Michigan area. Our oldest son, Kyle is the campus pastor […]