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I'll provide a health update after I share this brief quote that crossed my computer this morning and stirred my heart. This is a more profound treasure in the mine of love. You cannot fairly hope in God's gracious love towards you in your brokenness if you also don't share it with those who... Read More
Taking Some Time to Heal
For all our best laid hopes and plans, it’s the things you don’t see coming that have the most profound impact in how life unfolds Sara and I have a few detours thrown our way over our lifetimes, which has helped us to live feely in the present and not too dismayed when times... Read More
Chapter 10: Only One Thing Matters
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Most of you will be familiar with James 5:16, “The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.” What springs to mind when you think of this Scripture? Doesn’t it seem that our sinlessness is a pre-condition to having an effective prayer life? But that doesn’t make any sense if the process of... Read More
Oops again!
I am really embarrassed to say that the God Journey After-Show we had scheduled with Tobie van der Westhuizen from South Africa next weekend has had to be delayed another week. He informed me yesterday that he had an irresolvable scheduling conflict that would prevent him from joining us that day. He was profoundly... Read More
Thank You, Thank You, and Oops!
I’ve got two quick things to update you on. First, we are so grateful for those who have responded to the need in Kenya to rescue the orphanage we built fifteen years ago. Torrential rains have caused the land to shift, and without your help, the government would have shut it down. In just... Read More
Living Loved on Steroids
It feels like someone walked into my office and unfurled a treasure map on my desk. "There's gold there," he said, waving his hand across the aged parchment. It was more a puzzle than a map. There were no hills, rivers, or oceans but words, images, and symbols. It looked familiar, but I couldn't... Read More
Devastation in Kenya Continues
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Many of you wrote me about the videos I shared of Sara's new garden. It is a joy to live in the middle of this. But there's another story here. Sara saw this garden before we ever moved into his house and if you saw what the yard looked like when we bought the... Read More
Chapter 9: Eyes to See, Ears to Hear
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Do You Want to Talk with Me?
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