OUCH! Do you ever feel the way the fellow in this picture is displayed? Sure you have… admit it! Honest confession is good for the soul my friend. Some days I feel just like that… just kicked down on the ground with satan’s heel on MY head! Scripturally speaking, it is supposed to be the…
Ha! I bet the title got your attention… right? As I went for my morning walk in the cool of the day, I decided to interject a little diversity into my musical routine. For those of my friends and colleagues in the north (both in Illinois and the Nordic regions of Europe), you probably like…
This morning I started a physical revival in my life… at least that is the goal. For some time I have been telling myself that I needed to get back into a routine of walking in the mornings. It is always easy to find an excuse for putting it off. Oh, it is cooler here…
Last evening we had a nice surprise for Matea, the acting pastor of the mission church. It was his birthday and some of the members of the church made him a very tasty cake. I believe that he was pleasantly surprised and thankful for the gesture of kindness. The evening was good but it was…
Well, some days you just have to stretch your legs, get out there among the people, and see what happens. Yesterday was such a day as Dawn and I decided to take advantage of a beautiful day here in Brno to test our “Google Map plotted” route to the complex at Majak. We have been…
In this article, I thought I would discuss something that has materialized since we came to the field in Europe. We are truly in a unique situation and as we look back over this journey, we can see God’s fingerprints all over it… if you know what I mean. Dawn and I now serve in…
Tonight at our Roma Bible study, the evening started off very quietly. Dawn and I arrived and the only other people there were the pastor and his wife. With our limited language skills, we barely got past “hello” but we smiled a lot and they did as well. We were there about 15 – 20…
Oh my goodness… do you like music which has a lot of emotion and “feel” in it? If so, then you would certainly like traditional Roma church music. I have been in many Roma church services over the years and here in Brno, our Roma church is no exception to the rule. Music is a…
Hmmm… this is not an easy article to write because it involves accountability and grace. Yesterday, Dawn and I attended a church service where lots of unusual things happened. First, in my spirit I knew something was not exactly right… you know what I mean? Things just seemed out of sorts. Joe was preaching and…