No Match for the Light

July 5, 2013

NOTE: This was originally published on June 10, 2011 “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” (John 1:5) Albert Callaway was my neighbor on Park Avenue in Wheaton, Illinois. He was the only boy in the neighborhood, and although we were different on many fronts, he was my friend. […]

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Eggs and Butter

June 28, 2013

Eggs and butter. This is what launched Gordon Food Service over 115 years ago… eggs and butter. Actually, that’s not true – it was really a heart to invest resources into the local community and into local ministry that propelled Isaac Van Westenbrugge to sell eggs and butter so that he had money to give. […]

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www.tsa.gov/feedback

June 21, 2013

“Dear TSA – Thanks so much for asking for my feedback. I saw the invitation to communicate while going through security at Washington Dulles Airport. It really made me feel good that you cared enough to ask for some feedback from me. Wow, where do I start? Just this week I’ve been reminded about how […]

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Mission Accomplished

June 14, 2013

“…therefore the Lord God sent him out from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken.”  ~ Genesis 3:23 Jesse Dourte is turning 90 years old. Jesse is the son of Monroe and Susie Dourte of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Jesse is my mother’s brother. The Dourte family had four girls […]

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The Denver Post as my Amplified Version

June 7, 2013

“Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him.  And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”　(Luke 15:1-2) The headlines on most of our national newspapers have provided a vivid illumination to the text of Luke 15. The intensity of the recently scrutinized […]

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It’s Official

May 31, 2013

At 10am Mountain Time this morning, a judge confirmed what God ordained.  The mystery of life will unfurl in full delight as the legal system catches up with the velocity of love.  Naomi Wolgemuth… with DNA unlike any other Wolgemuth in the family, and yet so perfectly crafted and so sovereignly placed in the expectant, […]

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Jesus on Lead Guitar

May 24, 2013

“For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.”  (2 Corinthians 5:21) Dr. Isidro Ayabar grew up in Spanish Harlem as the oldest child of Dominican parents.  His love for God and music were instilled early in his life.  His […]

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The Smell of Jesus

May 17, 2013

But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing, to one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to […]

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At the hands of Jennifer …The confession of a communicator

May 3, 2013

There were two completely full tables of individuals that never looked at me. I stood behind the lectern and addressed an audience in Frederick, Maryland – only to discover that a significant group of individuals were paying no attention to me. In fact, their eyes and attention were locked on Jennifer. Jennifer was a competent […]

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“We Don’t Say That” …But should we?

April 19, 2013

Hate was a word that simply wasn’t acceptable in the home in which I grew up. I don’t know if this was an outcome of deep pacifist roots from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania – or a pragmatic view that the vast majority of the time that this word is used, it is wildly inappropriate, sinful, trivialized […]

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