Evendays

Thanks for dropping by all year long to keep up with Life in Lausanne. As my father-in-law would always say at this time of the year: I appreciate your presence.
I pray that this Christmas, who you are with is more important than what you get, and who you are becoming is more significant than what [...]

The books below are some I read during the year and will certainly pick up again. (They are in the order of significance.) I eliminated 30 others from my library that were okay, but that I’ll never read again. Folks picked them up from a stack I set up at the French-speaking workers’ meeting. So, [...]

The US dollar had gained back in November much of what it had lost during 2008 against the Swiss Franc and the Euro. Then it was announced that the Fed would target 0 to .25 interest rates. Wow. See what happened to the dollar then (thanks Yahoo):

The news is a bit worse even today. That [...]

Yesterday and today, I got up early, braved the snow and public transport, and went to all-day classes on public speaking. Yes, after 28 years of getting paid to announce Good News, I finally decided to learn how to do it.
The class is given to civil servants from Lausanne as part of their ongoing training. [...]

Last Sunday was the second Sunday of Advent. (Only two more left!) We were invited by the nearby retirement home to come and direct a time of afternoon worship. Over 20 members of the Geneva church (and of our little choir) came. They presented 6 songs and later sat among the residents for the congregational [...]

When teaching 1 John, I normally tell two stories about the Apostle that Dr. Lemoine Lewis shared with us in his Church History back at ACU. Both are well known, both have been adapted, changed, and outright lied about by sincere preachers who were just trying to keep things interesting, I’m sure. The first is [...]

Each year we welcome to Lausanne those who are doing the spiritual internship in Marseilles, France. They normally arrive the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. We spend about 5 hours on 1 John on Thanksgiving Day, then they help get the room ready for the big evening meal. This year we were 21, far from a record, [...]