THE FIRST TWO LIVES Last month, I wrote that I lead three lives. The first life is as a husband, father, and grandfather. This past week, I was able to connect with five of our six children and several of our grandchildren, including a birthday party for four-year-old Roman (left) and a phone conversation with 30 … More The Third Life I Lead

THE FIRST LIFE I LEAD Lately, I have come to realize that I live three lives. The first is my life as a husband, father, and grandfather. What an honor to be entrusted with Sharon, six children, and sixteen grandchildren. If I could reach back to my early years of marriage, I would have started out … More I Lead Three Lives

PROCLAIMING WITH THE NATIONS Pictured above is a shot I took from my computer during a Zoom call to interact with national leaders involved in the Divine Expedition training in their countries. Two were in Ethiopia, two in Nepal, two in Brazil, one in Atlanta (lives in Brazil), one in Alaska, and four of us … More Proclaiming Together

“HOW DESERTED LIES THE CITY” These are the opening words of the book of Lamentations, written by the Old Testament Prophet Jeremiah. Just like cities in America that are under attack today, Jeremiah lived through the siege and destruction of the city of Jerusalem (in this case by the Babylonian army). For the first half … More We Will Hope … and …and … and Zooom

MY WORLD My heart was pierced this past month as I turned to put a dish in the sink, then turned and found Sharon on the floor and her head bleeding. As I tried to lift her back up, I asked her to push up to help me get her back onto the chair. She … More Pierced!

A FLICKER OF LIGHT FROM QUARANTINED BRAZIL A couple of days ago I received the following message from one of our Divine Expedition Master Trainers in Brazil: Bom dia. Pessoal ontem encerramos a fase 1, porém o pessoal quer fazer a fase 2, aproveitar que nao está acontecendo nada n Igreja e faZer, então de novo, … More Flickers of Light