When I was 25, I was on a road trip with an old missionary friend and Baptist minister we called Papa Don Mitchetll. We were on our way back from Tulsa for his son's wedding, and he was taking me home again to Reno. His wife did not want him to travel alone as he had...
2 Corinthians 5:10 - For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due to him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad. (NIV)It began with a typical Sunday afternoon in 1959 when I was 12 years old. We...
Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was healed from that moment. Then the disciples came to Jesus in private and asked, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?” He replied, “Because you have so little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith as...
It's amazing how television sets have changed so drastically! I still remember the day my dad brought home our first TV. I was barely 5 years old, and I was fascinated at how a rectangular box could not only make intelligible noises, but could also display moving...
A fundraiser… Not an ordinary one, not a lavish one, not one to increase some organization's wealth or to pad someone's wallet… The children sheltered at Christ Our Refuge Children's Home, in Nairobi, Kenya, made some exotic art work to be sold at our church in...
While exploring Nassau, Bahamas, we discovered many abandoned, boarded up homes. What used to be comfortable living quarters were transformed into something undesirable, even to tourists!Life is often like these uninhabitable dwellings. Our lives often seem, at first...
Today in church, my thoughts wandered back for a few minutes.Suddenly I was remembering the day I was alone in my kitchen, writing to my daughters.It was the Labour Day weekend in 1987 and I was feeling very sad and alone . My marriage was in a very bad state and...