1:07 PM Alas, another mountain of email arrived over the weekend and I am even farther behind. If you sent me a note, I will respond but it’s going to take a few more days. 1:06 PM Let’s go, White Sox! Time to beat those Indians. 1:06 PM Yes, I’m teaching the Pastor’s Bible Class tomorrow night in the Dining Room at 7 PM. 1…
We all know what it’s like, don’t we? All of us have unfinished things cluttering up the highway of life: the half-mowed lawn the half-read book the letter started but never sent the abandoned diet the degree we never finished the phone calls never returned But it can be much more serious than that: the abandoned …
Sermon Series: Ponder This - 20055:19 PM Today’s entry in the Crosswalk weblog is called Traveling Light. 5:03 PM Vern Henriksen tells me that we have collected $18,000 for Hurricane Katrina relief. I also got a call from Harvest House Publishers telling me that they have moved up the publication date of “Why Is This Happening to Me?” (the retitled ver…
7:42 AM 1831 miles. 12:05 AM John Piper has a powerful sermon this week called The Supremacy of Christ in an Age of Terror….
10:36 PM Many people have asked how we are doing since Sunday night. It depends on the moment, of course, but fundamentally we are at peace. The decision to leave is entirely our own, prompted we believe by the Lord. So it’s onward for the Pritchard clan. I have been teaching people for years that living by faith means taki…
2:12 PM The last few days have been eventful to say the least. Last week Marlene’s mother died suddenly in her sleep. Though she was 83 years old, it was unexpected and a heavy blow to the whole family. Early on Friday morning Marlene and I boarded a plane in Chicago, flew to Denver, changed planes and flew to Great Falls, …
A friend called me to talk about a sermon he had heard that tremendously upset him. In the course of the sermon, the preacher illustrated his remarks with a story about his decision to go to seminary. He was older than the normal age and had already built a thriving business. After sending in his application, he decided to …
Sermon Series: Ponder This - 20057:17 AM This is bad news for those fleeing religious persecution in China. 7:07 AM Tonight I’m taking part in a two-hour television broadcast (8-10 PM CDT) called “Katrina: Mission of Hope” on the Total Living Network. Here’s an update on the underground church in China. 7:05 AM Calvary is mentioned in this Oak Leaves a…
3:49 PM Here’s more information on the Salvation Army opportunity mentioned below:Due to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, the Salvation Army of Metropolitan Chicago has an overwhelming need to secure additional volunteers to: 1) Answer phones at Salvation Army’s Emergency Disaster Service Center in Elk Grove Village, I…
5:35 PM We just got off the phone with Mark in China. He is teaching English to 7th graders. When we asked him how he likes it, he said it was going fine but he and the others on his team have been busy from morning till night every day. He also mentioned that it is traditional for American teachers in China to give their C…