Germany/Luxembourg June 24 Post 4 Thank you to all of you that have been following the blog while we are away. We are so grateful for all of the prayers. Yesterday was an amazing day! We had a wonderful morning of sightseeing. Luxembourg is an extraordinary city. Many of the students had opportunity to tour [...]
Germany/Luxembourg 2010 June 23 Post 3 I may not speak for the whole group when I say that we have adjusted to the new time zone. Nevertheless, it is getting easier to say, “yep I’m awake.” I believe however, I can speak for the whole group when I say we are having an amazing time! [...]
Can’t beat the Rhine There are so many things to share and so little time. As you can imagine the group is pretty tired. We traveled for nearly 24 hours before hitting the pillow last night. For many of us that meant only an hour or two of sleep when we could squeeze it in [...]
Germany/Luxembourg 2010 Blog Entry 1 June 20, 2010 Last Sunday after my wife and I left the morning services we had opportunity to sit down for lunch with Bill and Cindi Bowen. My eyes started welling up with tears when we started talking about the tremendous blessing of our Westgate Chapel family. Not only did [...]
Stemming from Melissa’s encouragement I was able to spend some time in prayer asking God to enlighten me on His perspective of the cross and how I should see it. Below is a journal entry from that time in prayer. The cross is Beautiful. The Father looks down upon His only Son and sees that [...]
It’s 8am and I heard a thud and scream outside my office on 45th Ave NE – someone had been hit by a minivan outside. The Lord reminded me that when I had a bicycle accident that left me temporarily paralyzed from the neck down, 2 men came out of nowhere to pray over me. [...]
Quoted from a book called Truth and Transformation by Dr. Vishal Mangalwadi. I couldn’t have said it better (except my comments in parentheses): “Only where the freedom is understood as the rule of law is there some freedom for the governed. A people are free only to the degree to which the powers of their [...]
I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands. I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. – Psalm 119:10-11 I am single-minded in my pursuit of you; don’t let me bypass the help you have already given. Psalm 119:10 (Rephrase) Over [...]
Not a mystery because it’s hidden in the shadows, but a mystery because it’s so bright and all consuming!
As I have a lot of thoughts rolling around in my head I am always surprised and inspired when the broken pieces of those come together to form something of value. While some of these thoughts may seem a little abstract, I hope they become concrete enough to grasp. I realize they lack any sort [...]