No Internet for a Month! Are You Nuts? Maybe I am. After thinking about it, and after a few nudges from my loved ones, I’ve decided go Internet-free for the next month. Believe me, this isn’t an easy thing to do. I’m an Internet junkie. Next to riding my bike, surfing the Net is the best part of my day. A year ago a friend …
ANCHOR BOOKS FOR CHINA by Ray Pritchard During our trip to China in January, God arranged the circumstances so that we met a man who has a license to legally publish Christian books in China. That in itself is unusual since China is still officially atheistic. But things are changing and long-closed doors are now opening. A…
Sermon Series: Ponder This - 200512:31 PM Did you know you can blog and get paid for it? I’ve been telling you that bloggers will soon rule the world. We’re already on our way. Time to join the revolution. 10:36 AM Trying to lose weight? Laugh it off. 10:36 AM 851 miles. 9:23 AM Here are the latest entries in the Crosswalk weblog: Gospel Noodles Meeting Ma…
5:49 PM Some useful quotes on humilty courtesy of my friend Virgil Reeve: “It is possible to be too big for God to use you, but never too small for God to use you.” “After crosses and losses men grow humbler and wiser.” Ben Franklin “Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.…
8:27 AM This is my dream job. 7:56 AM News and notes from our two local papers: Yes, there was a river under our east parking lot. Well, it was more like a lake that existed some 12,000 years ago, but you get the idea. Chicago in 2040. Happy 25th birthday to the Wednesday Journal. I’m looking forward to visiting the Jerusal…
10:28 PM Here are the latest entries in the Crosswalk weblog: How to be Happy and Married for 80 Years Six Flags Over Jesus Why Not to Take Yourself Too Seriously 8:55 AM It doesn’t seem possible that June could already be here. 8:54 AM John and Diane Windle have an amazing puppet ministry called Hairy and Company. We enjoy…
7:50 PM A Tuesday shout-out to Mary Young, Lara Harrelson, Chuck Swirsky, David and Alisa Wrobel, Isaac Terwilleger, Tom Albert, Brian Cooper, James and Margaret Warner, Tom and Carol Klobucher, Steve Miller and Janelle Garcia….
10:59 PM I’d like to send a special shout-out to all out friends at Camp Forest Springs—Pat and Karen Petkau, John and Diane Windle, Matt and Tarah Hoffland, Del Kroeker, Ira Beasterfield, Karla Altmaier, Dick Angelo, Trisha Buster, Jenae Blomberg, Larry Guthrie, Moises Menezes, Brad Eidsen and the entire crew. We had…
9:39 PM Here are the latest entries in the Crosswalk weblog: Death Seems So Final Standing on the Rock of God’s Sovereignty 3:22 PM We’ve also seen Grant and Fern Brown this weekend. Twenty years ago, when I was pastor of Northeast Bible Church in Garland, Texas, Grant served the church as part-time music director while he …
HAPPY MISSIONARIES by Ray Pritchard Last Sunday night we had a farewell reception for two missionary couples that will soon be leaving the U.S. to return to the field. Tim and Deb Carpenter will go to Uganda where Tim will serve as a missionary pilot with Africa Inland Mission. Tim will be flying out of Entebbe airport, a s…
Sermon Series: Ponder This - 2005