6:00 PM News and notes … Just back from a 24.5 mile bike ride along the Prairie Path through Maywood, Bellwood, Hillside, through Elmhurst, Villa Park, and into Lombard. Pretty hot and humid—great biking weather… Came back and found that Nick and Mark had gone golfing at Columbus Park… . On Tuesday we leave to take Nick …
10:36 PM Nick and John Mark Edwards and Caleb Fields arrived back in Oak Park several hours ago from their “senior trip” to visit my brother Alan who lives in Tupelo, Mississippi. They stopped in Tupelo to pick him up, and then they headed down to Destin, Florida, for a few days of fun in the sun. Nick said they played …
7:49 PM Happy to report that 54,000 copies of An Anchor for the Soul were delivered to Oak Park last week and are now safely in storage. Just today we received a note from a retired Chicago firefighter who writes: I send a quarterly mailing to 85 retired Chicago firemen, mostly non-believers. I sometimes include a book in w…
3:12 PM Here’s the Legacy Campaign prayer request for today: “Praise God that He wil give us a hope and a future (Jeremiah 29:11).” Mark Alexander, a fifth-generation Episcopalian, offers a comprehensive case against the election of a gay bishop last week. One little snippet: Homosexual advocacy groups often rebut disse…
11:16 PM Nice note from a friend who attended the 11:45 service today: As I was leaving the church, I heard several people continuing to sing “The B-I-B-L-E.” Heading for the train as I was walking in front of the post office, two or three young ladies whom sounded like teenagers but were probably older, were skipping …
11:37 PM Pat Buchanan speaks the truth in his column Yes, Virginia, There is a Culture War, based on the election of an openly-homosexual bishop in the Episcopal Church. Buchanan’s conclusion is worth quoting: America is again a house divided. The “don’t ask, don’t tell” moral community in which we grew up has dissolved…
5:29 PM This will be my last entry from Gull Lake. Just came back from a 28-mile bike ride that wasn’t supposed to be that long. For the second day in a row, I got lost on the country roads around the lake and both days I ended up going far out of my way—yesterday many miles east and today many miles south and west&md…
7:23 AM A little fog this AM but it is already burning off. Last night after the service I met Dr. David Stern who gave me a copy of the “Millennium Three Edition” of the classic (over one million sold) book None of These Diseases. Years ago I had a copy of the first edition by S.I. McMillen. The book argues that the pr…
5:15 PM Turned into a very nice day in southwestern Michigan. Rode my bike around the lake, sort of, dragging a little bit. I need to take my bike in for a general overhaul when I get back to Oak Park. Of course, it would help if I would do basic maintenance, which I tend not to do. Question from a conversation last night: “What will happen t…
4:50 PM Turned out to be a fine day. The area around Gull Lake is mostly rural, with lots of back roads so I took off this afternoon and rode my bike for about 19 miles. When I came back, I walked down to the beach area and chatted with some of the folks. I have been struck this week by the friendliness of the people who co…