Jim was in despair. Worry had taken over his life. He was hospitalized with shingles in pain and feeling that he could not make it through the night. In despair he sat down and wrote a farewell note to his wife and son.
First Week at the Character Inn
Our first week living in the Character Inn is complete. When we arrived a group of young people on the Inn staff were singing to welcome us. Our family sang back to thank them. They have been working hard to familiarize me with the operating systems and procedures.
A Word in Passing
Telling other people about what Jesus has done in your life should not be difficult or complex. Someone said witnessing is just one beggar telling another beggar where he found bread. While hiking North Manitou Island last July I was talking with a friend about witnessing. He told an interesting story as we walked. When […]
My Green Desk
I said good bye to an old friend the other day. We have been together for over twenty-two years. He was my old green Steelcase Executive desk. It was a huge boat of a thing. Strong enough to survive a nuclear blast. The desk moved with me from Xenia, Ohio to Celina, Ohio to Niles, […]
Farewell to Fremont, My Mayberry
This Sunday at eleven o’clock I will step into the First Baptist pulpit as Senior Pastor for the last time. Our family has promised to sing once more and I will preach my farewell message. I have preached about six hundred messages from the First Baptist pulpit. I hope I did some good. I like […]
God Substitutes
Some of the Psalms are Psalms of Assent. They are songs for the road when you are on a holy pilgrimage. It is especially helpful to think of Psalm 133 that way. At least twice a year the fathers and sons would make their way from wherever they lived to the temple in Jerusalem. (Deuteronomy […]