Dear Friends, Then he said to them all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me” (Luke 9:23, ESV). Patricia and our son Andrew, then four years-old, were making chocolate chip cookies for a wedding shower. I passed through the kitchen and asked Andrew
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A Word of Grace – September 8, 2014
Dear Friends, Then Esau said, “Let us journey on our way, and I will go along side you.” But Jacob said to him., “My lord knows that the children are frail and that the flocks and herds, which are nursing, are a care to me; and if they are overdriven for one day, all the
A Word of Grace – September 1, 2014
Dear Friends, There is a correction necessary to last week’s message (8/25/14). Mt. St. Helens erupted on May 18, 1980, not 1982. . . . I rejoice in the Lord greatly that now at last you have revived your concern for me; indeed, you were concerned for me, but had no opportunity to show it.
A Word of Grace – August 25, 2014
Dear Friends, This week’s message is a bit of a travelogue about a worship experience that I had late Thursday afternoon, July 3, near Astoria, Oregon. I hope it refreshes you during these hot days. Late afternoon sunlight floods over the Clatsop Spit. Everything is flowing at high tide. Five and six foot swells off
A Word of Grace – July 14, 2014
Dear Friends, This week’s message is a bit of a travelogue about a worship experience that I had late Thursday afternoon, July 3, near Astoria, Oregon. I hope it refreshes you during these hot days. Late afternoon sunlight floods over the Clatsop Spit. Everything is flowing at high tide. Five and six foot swells off