Evendays

Hi everybody. My blog went out of control and was hijacked by hackers. Golf hackers, that is. But that’s all right. I used to love golf.
Except when I played with the guy who took a Mulligan on every hole and tee-ed up his shots on the fairway and foot wedged his ball out of the [...]

We are excited about this summer. Every three years we make a furlough trip to see Dad and Mom, Sisters and Brothers (+in-laws) and renew contact with supporters and partners in Fresno.
Son 1 will stay in Europe working the two-week kids’ camp and then following a short training in one of the French churches. The [...]

This morning I’ll head into the rain for a five-minute walk to the local parish Reformed Church, called St. Paul’s. I won’t give you the whole name of the church. Way too long. Every Tuesday morning it hosts 30 minutes of prayer,
For the last 15 years I’ve been going to Bible studies and prayers in [...]

Did Peter and Andrew, James and John respond to the call, “I will make you fishers of men,” because of their love for people and their desire to bring them into covenant with God, or did they see the call as an inside track to Kingdom, close proximity to the Prince, their new nets pulling [...]

Odd day today. A fever and chills kept me in bed yesterday.
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When I see my doctor we have to get reacquainted each time, since I only go in for a yearly tuberculosis test (so I can do the kids’ camp in France). That’s ok by me. But there are major differences between medical visits in [...]

For spiritual cleaning, check out this post. It’s written by Bill Gnade at Contratimes. Great stuff.
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When I first discovered the blog world through Randy, passion, creativity and inspiration oozed from so many posts that I got hooked. I became a faithful reader of carefully chosen blogs. Several Fresno people encouraged me to blog. (Well, not [...]

RE: The Post “March 15”
FYI Cecil, Dr Zivalgo had nothing to do with us ending up in Europe. However, our second date was to see the Jazz Singer, and it’s one of the reasons I’m in Europe today. They’ve NEVER heard of Neal Diamond here. (Sorry, Steve.)
Brent: I figure with interest, I owe you about [...]

This little girl broke through into the light exactly 16 years ago today. Born early on a Sunday morning, she has brought lots of joy into our home.
Every dad should have a girl like Daughter. When she was younger, I’d walk into the apartment with a “I’m home!” and Sons would not even look up [...]

25 years ago yesterday a timid preacher wannabe couldn’t get up the courage to ask out a certain young lady. Easter break had just started, and like good Christians, my roommate, his fiancée and I attended Sunday night service at Highland in Abilene. About a thousand people were present. When my roommate to whom I [...]

It’s not every day that you discover a new continent. Son 1 is flying from Marseilles to Paris to Dakar to spend a week with Christians in Senegal, and it’s his first trip to Africa.
The Christians on Missions program has a goal of giving their year-long interns exposure to foreign cultures (as if living in [...]