I think it is a valid statement to say that a potential problem with religion is religion itself. Organized religion quite often morphs into something which is based more upon personal preference and heritage than upon a genuine heart felt relationship with God. How can this be? Certainly religious people have the best intentions in…
…to start all over again. Look at the photo for this article. I took it yesterday morning. The picture doesn’t do it justice though. The sunrise was magnificent. The redness of the clouds reflecting the glory of the sun was much more intense than what you see in the photo. The coolness of the day…
Please read this prayerfully. This article is not designed to condemn you but to challenge you… even as I challenge myself. Living here in Europe is much different than living in rural West Tennessee… in a lot of ways. Here I do a lot of walking and riding public transportation while back home I usually…
It seems strange to consider the memory of the 9-11 attacks when you are an American living away from home in a country that is foreign to you. Yet, that is what I am doing today. So much has changed in the world since that horrible day. The world sympathized with the US for a…
Excuse me? Just what are you updating? Well, let me tell you… I was recently asked to assist in updating the main ministry website of the Roma Cluster. The website is called “Roma Ministries” and highlights the overall outreach effort by our personnel in Europe. The site has pictures of our personnel with short bios…
As you examine the bowl in the photo, you will notice a chip broken out of the rim. This is my “cereal bowl” and the chip is a product of a small accident in it’s frequent usage. Each time I go to fetch it for another use, it just glares at me. It is no…
Yes indeed! Just when I though that nothing would surprise this old man here in Brno, I was once again… surprised by something I stumbled upon this afternoon. I was walking for a bit on my way back from our Friday Bible Study on Cejl Street and as I approached the main station area where…
I have already mentioned our new fuzzy friend on facebook but I should introduce her on our ministry site too. You will see our little Maltese puppy in the photograph. Her name is Sassy and as of this writing, she is about 2 months old. It is a long story but basically, Dawn has had…
Yesterday, Dawn and I had an opportunity to do something nice for a small group of deaf young people from here in Brno. One of our Roma lady friends had asked Joe a while back if we (our organization) could help send some of the deaf kids to a Christian camp in Cerna Hora (Black…