more excitment -- Ike on the way! · 1 day ago
Deb and I are in good spirits … thanks for your prayers. She is hoping to write an update soon (she has not been very inspired to write lately). But now … we have another interesting bit of excitment in our lives …
Hurricane Ike is supposed to arrive in our neighborhood around Wednesday … thank you Lord for the exciting lives you have given us! (PS: the photo above is not Ike, it was Andrew…I’ll try to find some photos of Ik’s projected path …)
Prayer request and update · 4 days ago
Deb is flying home from Ohio today. Last Friday, she received a phone call from her oncologist with some bad news.
What is most important to me. · 10 days ago
A friend of mine recently wrote to me and asked me what was the most important thing in my life … it was a hard question for me to answer … after several weeks of reflection, here is my answer …
Quotes from "The Shack" · 13 days ago
Mack, talking about changing the world:
“I don’t know how to change it all”
Jesus, sitting by the lake:
“No one is asking you to!” Jesus said tenderly. “that is Sarayu’s (The Holy Spirit) task and she knows how to do it without brutalizing anyone. This whole thing is a process, not an event. All I want from you is to trust me with what little you can, and grow in loving people around you with the same love I share for you. It’s not your job to change them, or to convince them. You are free to love without an agenda” (p. 181).
And now, on a lighter note … Psalm 65 · 15 days ago
1-2 Silence is praise to you, Zion-dwelling God,
And also obedience.
You hear the prayer in it all.
