Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.20.06 in Uncategorized
Recently I’ve written quite a bit on this weblog about the loss of congregational singing in our churches. I am happy to report that singing is alive and well at the MEF conference this week. I don’t know how Jamall Badry, the Executive Director of MEF, does it, but each year he arranges for a stellar line-up of …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.19.06 in Uncategorized
On Man 27, 2001 Martin and Gracia Burnham were celebrating their 18th wedding anniversary at a resort in the Philippines. They came to the island for a few days of R&R during a break in their schedule as missionaries with New Tribes Mission. Martin was a jungle pilot who delivered mail to other missionaries in remote lo …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.16.06 in Uncategorized
At the KBM board retreat two weeks ago, we discussed the need for a logo that could be used on our website and on all of our printed material. Here is a quote taken verbatim from the minutes of the retreat: KBM LOGO: By general consensus, it was determined that Ray would issue a general appeal via the “blog” as …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.15.06 in Uncategorized
Anthony Bollback has just posted the June edition of China Clippings. It is full of good news about the progress of the Christian movement. He quotes extensively from a recent Newsweek International Edition story by Susan Schafer called Onward Christian Soldiers. The subtitle reads, “Chinese missionaries are winning souls a …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.14.06 in Uncategorized
Give Us Today Our Daily Bread
Be Thou My Vision
Breathe
Children of the Heavenly Father
Come, Ye Thankful People, Come
For the Beauty of the Earth
Forever
Give Thanks
God is Good All the Time
God is So Good
Good to Me
He is Able
God Will Make a Way
Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah
His Eye is on the Sparrow
It is No Secret
Let …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.13.06 in Uncategorized
This morning I left the cabin about 6:30 AM and drove thirteen miles north on the Natchez Trace, parking my car at a scenic location called Browns Bottom. That’s a change for me because a) I usually ride my bike in the late afternoon, and b) I generally start at the Saltillo exit and ride north. But I had some extra t …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.12.06 in Uncategorized
A few years ago I wrote a book on the Lord’s Prayer called And When You Pray. Shortly after I turned in the manuscript but before the book was published, I spent a week speaking at Word of Life in Schroon Lake, New York. I spent several afternoons walking the streets of that quaint village, praying the Lord’s Pr …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.11.06 in Uncategorized
Last weekend Peter and Judy Faulkner brought a big bag of sweet Vidalia onions from Georgia to the KBM board retreat. After passing out a few of the onions, they left the rest of the bag with us. A few days later Marlene made a delectable dish that was such a culinary triumph that I thought I should share it with the world. …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.11.06 in Uncategorized
The latest sermon in the “Understanding God’s Plan” series has just been posted:Has God Lost the Battle?This sermon is longer than usual, but I wanted to tell my own story at the end of the sermon for some personal reasons that you will understand when you read it. I hope you find this sermon encouraging. It certainly …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.10.06 in Uncategorized
A friend gave me a good piece of wisdom about the importance of making decisions. He said we sometimes put things off because the stakes are high and we fear making a mistake. But the longer we put off a decision, the bigger it looms in our mind until finally it becomes so big that we are scared to do anything. Our desire n …
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