8:54 PM Camp Forest Springs, Westboro, Wisconsin: A six-hour drive from Oak Park. We stopped at Culver’s in Portage going and coming and had their famous “concrete” milk shakes. Plus fried cheese curds on the way back home. I’m still not sure what cheese curds are exactly, but they were delicious… . Quick impresi…
9:23 AM Steve Chapman says a good word in favor of silence and introspection and blasts the incessant use of cell phones in all public places—he doesn’t mention church services, but he could have. And I agree 100% with his comments. Nice excerpt:Hard as it may be to believe, people once managed to fill these idle mome…
KEEP WALKING by Ray Pritchard You wouldn’t think of finding spiritual inspiration from a whiskey ad, but that’s what happened to me the other day. While leafing through the pages of a recent issue of Sports Illustrated, I came across an ad for Johnny Walker whiskey. The ad is actually a picture of a youngish man s…
Sermon Series: Ponder This - 200310:29 AM “I’m on my way to see the Rebels play.” Almost as soon as Nick saw me yesterday, he said, “Are we going to watch the game tomorrow?” He meant the Ole Miss-South Carolina football game. It’s on TV but shown regionally in the South, which means he and I and one of his buds (and maybe two) are going to go to a…
12:41 PM This comes from the Heidelburg Catecism of 1563. Luther didn’t write it (he was in heaven by then), but it truly reflects his sentiments.What is your only comfort in life and death? That I am not my own, but belong with body and soul, both in life and in death, to my faithful Saviour Jesus Christ. He has fully paid…
10:44 PM Dale Stoffer organized a reunion of our Promise Keepers group tonight. It was me, Dale, Jeff Eaton, Johann Buis, Duane Follman and Russell Kozak. Rob Gaskill, Alex Pirus and Ronbo Feley couldn’t make it. We spent several hours talking about this and that, and lots of time sharing about how we’re doing spiritually. …
10:01 PM Here’s another example. I received a letter from Paul in prison in Charlotte, NC. He enclosed a greeting card signed by himself and other prisoners. It is addresed to “Dr. Ray and Mrs. Marlene and Calvary Members” Dr. Ray, we just wanted to show you our gratitude and thank you for all your support. We were the …
5:23 PM We received $16,000 in gifts to the Building Fund on Sunday. 1:15 PM Pat Buchanan is absolutely right about General Boykin. 11:19 AM Mary Gaskill reports that over the weekend, 40 5th-6th graders put together 78 blankets and Bibles that will be given to the DCFS shelter. They cut out the fabric for the blankets and …
9:53 PM More on Anchor: Barb King writes from Albany, NY about distributing copies of Anchor at the Schenectady City Mission:We just got home from serving the meal at City Mission and I gave away all 50 books that I ordered. I usually stand behind the line and dish up the food but tonight I stood by the window where they tu…
WHEN GOD WANTS YOU IN KANSAS CITY by Ray Pritchard A couple of weeks ago Bob Weller sent me a note saying that he and Denise are moving to Kansas City very soon. I was surprised to hear the news and wondered what led them to make the move. Along with his e-mail, Bob sent an attachment he called “Coincidences.” It …
Sermon Series: Ponder This - 2003