PRAISE THE LORD I just received a call from the Park View Care Center in Buffalo. Marvin Schaar, the man with muscular dystrophy I’ve been visiting for the past seven years, passed away at 6:30 this morning. It was beyond time for him to go. He was a vibrant man who was 6’4” and 210 […]
THE STRUGGLE Oh, what a struggle it is for me to live out the Christian life! Stop. Rewind. Oh, how easy it is for Jesus to live out His life through me. Question. But certainly there’s something I need to do to live out the Christian life? Yes. Be receptive. Listen. Submit. “Not my will […]
RIDICULOUS PAT I had a hard decision to make. I’ve been visiting Joe in the county jail for the past few months and promised I’d always be there for him. At first he was receptive to God’s word and direction in his life. A few weeks ago he changed. All of a sudden, it was […]
PRAY FOR JOE AND YOURSELVES I have been visiting Joe in a county jail once a week for the past few months. He is a hardheaded and angry young man who sees himself as a victim of the legal system and not as the perpetrator of a crime. You see, Joe has accepted Jesus Christ […]
HOW TO BE A CHRIST-FOLLOWER “He must become greater; I must become less.” – John 3:30 It’s a matter of logistics. You can’t be a Christ-follower if you’re the main actor at the front of the stage and He’s standing behind you in a supporting role. You must step back and let Him take the […]
TYLER GRADUATED!!! Remember I told you Tyler had a difficult time finishing what he started. The last thing he completed was high school, and that was by the skin of his teeth. Yesterday, he became certified as a Peer Specialist with 100 % attendance and A’s in all his coursework. He aced his final test […]
PRAY FOR TRAVIS I gave three talks yesterday at the Kandiyohi County Jail in Willmar, Minnesota, and gave away 25 copies of my book, Arm in Arm with the Holy Spirit to the inmates who attended. Each presentation was somewhat different from the others because the Holy Spirit led me in the way I should […]
AND GOD WAS THERE! My wife and I recently returned from an extended stay in London. That’s why you haven’t seen a blog from me in the last couple of weeks. And God was there. He was in plain view in Westminster Abbey and St. Paul’s Cathedral. He was in Oxford where C.S. Lewis taught […]
TYLER GOES TO SCHOOL Tyler has signed up for a nine-month Computer Support Specialist program at the Takoda Institute of Higher Education in Minneapolis. While going to school, he is able to stay at the New Hope Center, less than a mile away. In May, he will be graduating from the eight-month rehab program he […]
THE HEART OF CHRISTIANITY Apart from Me you can do nothing. – John 15:5 This verse has haunted me for years. I came to an understanding of it in 2006 and wrote the following in my journal. “If Jesus is not right there with me, and if the Holy Spirit is not speaking to me, […]