Caught

Caught

by | Nov 19, 2023

Two couples recently resigned from the Missions Team at our church. They have been pillars in the missions effort here.  The young pastor (40 or so), and his associate (55 about years-of-age) had to be feeling the pressure of still achieving as much, of...
What’s in a Name

What’s in a Name

by | Nov 12, 2023

What’s in a name?  A great deal! When high school boys were to take a basic class in cooking and homemaking, the name “Home Economics” was a turn off.  For two years boys attended only grudgingly. It was not working.  The school board needed a new approach....
The Gold Standard for Kindness and Its Cost

The Gold Standard for Kindness and Its Cost

by | Nov 5, 2023

We had hustled to get to the train station in Kiev. It was about 9:30 P.M. Rick, our missionary host, was a professor at Kyiv Theological  Seminary.  He had gotten all seven of us Americans aboard and stepped off the train to wave good-bye. We were going to...
The War

The War

by | Oct 30, 2023

The news is aflame with the war in Israel.  Hamas, the terrorist organization headquartered in Gaza, attacked Israel on Saturday, October 7, killing many, taking hostages and creating general mayhem. As of today (October 16), Hamas holds 199 hostages. Have...
God Protecting Us From Ourselves

God Protecting Us From Ourselves

by | Oct 29, 2023

We were out together at de Boer’s in Holland, Michigan – Rita, a former neighbor from greater Detroit, Rob & his wife, Lynn, and Marilyn and me. Rita and Rob & Lynn were former army buddies who were in language school in Monterey California years ago. ...