This morning I found this very encouraging comment on the weblog. It sums up why we call our ministry “Keep Believing.” And it emphasizes that we all have to help each other out. Sometimes your faith will be stronger than mine, and I’ll need your faith to help me stay strong. Sometimes my faith may be stronger, and you can “…
Do you Facebook?If you are reading this, the answer is probably yes, and since when did “Facebook” become a verb anyway? The answer is, since Facebook more or less took over the online world.Don’t believe me? Check out these numbers from the official Facebook Statistics Page:400 million users worldwide.50% of active users log on e…
When I arrived home from this afternoon, I was happy to see that we had received a shipment of our brand-new KBM refrigerator magnets. For the last several years we have given away thousands of magnets featuring a bright orange heart to signify that we are called to keep believing with all our heart.This new design moves in a completely different d…
When we arrived at the Clarion Hotel near the Portland airport around 11 PM last night, Clay Crosse said, “We need to get a picture.” So while Janet Kerns checked us in, Lisa Beedy took our picture for Clay’s page of pictures with, as he said, “friends, famous, and the semi-famous.” He’s got pictures of himself w…
Here’s a neat story from this week at Cannon Beach. On Monday I mentioned that Keep Believing Ministries supplies free copies of our little “gospel book” called An Anchor for the Soul free of charge to prison ministries, military ministries, relief agencies, crisis pregnancy centers, street ministries, rescue missions, and for mis…
I woke up this morning and realized that the first half of 2010 is already gone. How quickly the days and weeks pass from us. As we enter the second half of the year, here are three questions that help us focus on relationships that may need mending. 1. Is there is a broken relationship in my life that I need to deal with?All of us have relationsh…
Yesterday Clay Crosse and I served as judges for the big sand sculpture contest at Cannon Beach. It was tough picking a winner because we had so many excellent entries. We ended up giving prizes to all the teams after dinner last night. Here are a few pictures of the event….
Recently I purchased an inexpensive digital camera with a “panorama” function that allows you create wide-angle shots. It does this by using software to stitch together three photos. I’ve been playing around with this new feature and find that it works pretty well. The hardest part is keeping the camera steady so the final picture…
A few random thoughts . . .*If you go to Red Robin in Portland, you should order a hamburger, not clam chowder. So says Program Manager Janet Kerns who told me they have much better clam chowder in Cannon Beach. She’s right.*Clay Crosse is awesome. Terrific guy, wonderful talent, great heart for God. He really brought it tonight when he sang …
Today I’m on the road from Colorado Springs to Cannon Beach, Oregon for a week of ministry at Cannon Beach Conference Center. Marlene and I are flying from Denver to Salt City Lake where she will meet our daughter-in-law Vanessa who is flying in from Dallas. Vanessa and Marlene will fly on to Montana for Marlene’s family reunion that st…