UPDATE (APRIL 2, 2010): God heard our prayers. The community saw the waters rise to potentially disastrous heights, but God’s hand kept it from rising higher, God’s wisdom empowered our leaders to help us prepare well, and God’s mercy fell upon us all, granting us strength, courage, stamina, and patience. Our community came together prior READ MORE
Moorhead
One Purifying Journey
Below is an email that my beautiful bride sent out to friends here the other day: Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever. (1 Chronicles 16:34) What an incredibly “purifying journey”! First, our Dallas house has sold after close to a year on the market. God preserved enough READ MORE
Now We’re Done
Finally, yesterday evening, Christa and I bought a home here in Moorhead, Minnesota. We’ve been waiting since August 2008 to complete this transition from Dallas, Texas, to the Fargo/Moorhead area. Now we’re done. In late May we closed on the sale of our home in Dallas. As the great theologian Yoda would say, “Thankful we READ MORE
Just as the Master Said
Despite the rising waters, their God would get them through. Indeed, the wind blew and the waves rose and the disciples feared and fussed. But they got to the other side. READ MORE
As the Waters Rise, Fear Not
Well, I had prepared this yesterday morning while sitting at my kitchen table watching the water rise and praying our dike would hold. Now, having been evacuated, and expecting our home to be essentially destroyed, I’m at my office at Bethel, thinking of you and reflecting on God’s outstretched hand. Just so you know and READ MORE
The Ultimate Uniter
One of the most fascinating things about the many trips I’ve taken throughout the years around the world is the fact that perfect strangers of varied backgrounds and experiences can stand united with that eternal bond which is the shed blood of Jesus. The shed blood of Christ is the most precious commodity in all READ MORE