A Special Day
I will never forget the day my daughter Elaina called me from Italy to let me know that she and her fiancée had set April 28, 2007, as the date of their marriage. After the initial excitement, an elevated heart rate, the “gushing thing” all parents feel, and just simply wanting to jump up and […]
Person value
A number of years ago, I noticed myself feeling entitled to a gift and the amenities given me by the group to which I had been speaking. It was the same type of feeling or mindset I had begun to settle into as my focus turned more toward God and walking the Christian walk. As […]
Kingdom Vision
While on a missions trip to Chile our group was spread out along the clay roads in the suburbs of Conception. Somehow I got detached from the others. As I walked along looking at the “homes” people lived in, an old man came up to me and did not say a word. His face was […]
Use it or lose it.
Whenever I need help around the house, some work done in the yard or a partner to travel with, I have a true friend in my son Micah. He is normally willing to do the tough stuff and always willing to travel with his dad. Every family member will tell you that he is fun […]
Doctrine
Recently my son Matthew and I attended a conference held by one of America’s leading theologians. As with any such meeting, some of the information was revelatory, some good, and some challenging to sit through. While I was there, I purchased a CD with a semester’s worth of lessons on what I thought was church […]
Senior moment?
I got to the airport an hour early today and things seemed to be running smoothly. After getting my boarding pass, I grabbed a bite of lunch and went to the gate. I sat down and began checking my e-mail and clearing up some business. As I focused on the computer they loaded my flight. […]
Date night
I had a “date” with my best friend today. It was not unlike many that we have had in the past quarter century. It was not as picturesque as many of our times together — no outside table, palm trees, or gentle breeze stirring my wife’s aesthetic nature. However, it was one of those nights […]
What’s most important?
On a trip to our ministry location in Tennessee we found some time at the end of a leadership training session for questions and answers. Since I make the trip only several times a year, the questions seemed to migrate from leadership, to ministry in general, and then to my philosophical approach for the ministry. […]
A rare man of our times
During the first few years of our marriage Tracy listened to, collected, and adored the music of Rich Mullins. There was not an album or video that hit the shelves she did not own. Even after his death we traveled as a family to Wichita to see the “Canticle of the Plains” and she took […]
They knew who He was!
Several years ago I went into a store and purchased some supplies for my house. After completing the purchase the cashier said “How are you getting along these days, Chuck?” I was startled, because as I looked intently at the woman’s face, nothing looked familiar. As I looked deeply into her eyes she said, “You […]