Evendays

It was an international tournament, with teams from Marseilles, Paris, Thun, Zürich, Geneva, Schaffhausen and Lausanne. The men and women players ranged from 12 to 55 years old. Fans were enthusiastic but polite, often rooting for the underdog.
Yesterday afternoon the Third Annual Churches of Christ Indoor Football (soccer) Tournament ended with a first place finish [...]

The lawyer on Swiss TV said that publishing the names of companies that broke hiring laws would be a step back to the Middle Ages. I saw the documentary on King Arthur and Lancelot produced by Monty Python, and I can assure you I don’t want to go back to the Middle Ages.
But that period [...]

Philippe and Dolores Dauner were here singing last week and, just for you, my dear Pepperdine Lectureship friends, I handed over almost 2.5 pounds of bite-sized, individually wrapped pieces of Swiss Chocolate, bought on sale at my third favorite store in the whole-wide-world.
Problem #1: How do I find Philippe and Dolores?

You could go hear him [...]

I hope you got a look at Saturday’s post. The three racers did well, though times were slower than last year. It was the hottest day of the year (so far), about 78 degrees. The runners were not used to that kind of heat so they slowed the pace. But Wife placed 10th out of [...]

Here are Wife, Son 2 and K after their 10k race in Lausanne.

The local parish loaned us their building and the “Chorale Harmonie” from Marseille did a wonderful job communicating the gospel through song and words of encouragement. About a 100 people were present and the a cappella presentation of spirituals and hymns in French, English and Latin was powerful.
It was extra special because Son 1 was [...]

We started our recruiting for Let’s Start Talking (LST) last week by writing to all the old participants and to those who showed interest in past years.
Almost all the “new” people in church here have come through this ministry. Though none were converted from non-belief to belief, they all were searching for deeper faith and [...]

19 of us stayed for an after-church, Sunday meal together. I had taken a chapter out of N. T. Wright’s book Following Jesus and preached on Revelation and Resurrection. We read all of the Gospel accounts of the glorious event before and during worship.
We got Good Friday off. And Monday is off too. That means [...]

For today: Matthew 26.47-27.61 and John 18.1-19.42.
For Saturday: Matthew 27.62, Job 14.1-14, Ps 16.5-11, Rm 6.3-11.
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I’ve just finished today’s readings from the Gospels, those stories which describe a day of sorrows for the man of sorrows, and I’m reminded of a chapter from F. Buechner’s book Telling the Truth. It’s the one on The Gospel [...]

Today we are reading John 12.37-50, Mark 14.1-11, Matthew 26.1-16.
On Thursday we’ll read Mark 14.12-31, John 13.1-17.26, Luke 22.24-38.
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Every 3 years, every member of our family is obligated to renew his/her resident visa. When we first came to Lausanne, I was able to get a renewable one-year work visa because Wife had been here since [...]