HCR052: Missionary Family of Nine (via http://www.healthychurchradio.com) In this episode, I interview Nate and Tara Ariel from the island of Bocachica, which is a 30-minute boat ride off the coast of Cartagena, Colombia. Nate and Tara moved there with their seven children, now ages 14 to 3, in the fall of 2011. In the podcast…
It’s an amazing story of the conversion of a racist. Peter considered anyone who was not a Jew to be unclean, common, outside the boundaries of God’s reach. Peter wasn’t concerned about keeping Gentiles out of the workplace. No, his racism was much deeper and much more dangerous: He did not want Gentiles to be … Continue reading God can change the most hardened racist
I wrote a blog post about running yesterday. After that, my wife sent me a link to one of the most amazing running stories I have ever heard. So amazing that we had to look it up to see if it really happened. It did. Watch this 2 minute video about a 61 year … Continue reading An amazing running story
I love to run. I am by no means a competitive runner. I have won a couple of first places in my age division, but only because there were very few in my division in those races! 🙂 No, I run because I love the euphoria I feel after the training run or the race. … Continue reading Great running podcast
I don’t even remember what Cindy and I were fighting about now. But I remember what happened to end the fight. It was 11 years ago, in the fall of the year. Jesse was 9 then, and he had already had three “febrile seizures,” where his fever spiked and he went into convulsions. His first … Continue reading God has two dwelling places
Every year I look back at the lessons the Lord taught me the year before. I offer six today for your encouragement. If you want to hear the sermon where I explained each in more detail, you can go to http://www.sermonaudio.com Friendship is a sheltering tree . That’s from a poem by Coleridge, but the … Continue reading Take some time to look back
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