Neil Cole wrote a book that I purchased, sat down in the store, and read it before I went home. Organic Church. Since reading his book I have had a deep stirring in my soul to see God’s people reach others by forming missional teams–Neil calls them Life Transformation Groups. Message One: The Harvest Starts […]
Arnold E. McFarland
One summer evening in 1976 the Big Red Machine was taking care of baseball business. (The Cincinnati Reds) I was running an errand in the family VW Beatle. I was seventeen that summer. We lived a few blocks from the park in Greenville, Ohio in the north end of town. I ran an errand to […]
How God Used Billy Graham in My Life
One of the most important stories ever in our family is the story my father tells here. He was visiting Bittersweet Farm one afternoon in 2018 and I recorded him telling this story: If you would like to have a conversation about how to have peace with God, please contact me. I […]
Let Me Pay For Your Gas
Jason who is a pastor on staff at a church in Minnesota received an e-mail from a young man he called “Eric.” In the spring of 2017. He lost job of 15 years. He turned to pain killers, Jim Beam, and Jack Daniels. On way to a job interview he stopped for gas even though […]
A Lifetime Supply of Stories
People, knowing that I am a great lover of stories and Jesus, the Master Storyteller often ask me; “What if you run out of stories.” I like to tell them, “As long as I live there will be new stories, mine yours and the whole wide world of stories. After I die we will have […]
Billy Graham; My “Grandfather”
This morning I got word my grandfather in the faith died. He never knew me. The man who led me to the Lord (my Dad) was saved after reading Billy Graham’s book “Peace with God.” So, you see, there is a sense in which my grandfather in the faith died today. He was 99 and […]