Four hours of pure joy.
That’s the only way I know to describe a church dedication, Senegalese-style. It’s been a while since I attended a 4-hour service (without intermission or potty-break, I might add), but that’s how it was this morning with Pastor Charles Bavelloni and congregation.
I’ll have pictures posted here soon, but today was the [...]

Well, it was no fun getting here, but it’s sure been worth the journey! We’re participating in a mass crusade with the Norwegian version of Billy Graham or Oral Roberts, Aril Edvardsen. He has a unique way of lowering Muslim resistance and a powerful miracle ministry as well. Already we’ve seen the deaf hear, the [...]

There’s something special about surprises - the happy kind, I mean. I’ve been like a little kid with joy lately because of one of those totally unexpected joys. You see, when my wife and I were missionaires in Cebu City, Philippines in the early 1980’s, I bonded with the Filipino pastor that we [...]

Boy, was I a proud pastor yesterday.  Sorry to pop your bubble if you think those two words should never appear together in a sentence.  Truth is, pastors deal with pride just like anyone else.  But this time I was proud because of a record attendance (it wasn’t even about a service) or [...]

As a pastor, I know that we are called to take the Gospel beyond our four walls.  We try to do that in a variety of ways currently, but for years we have waited for a prime spot on the radio. Just recently, because of my on-going relationship with WYLL, I was the first [...]

I can’t say it enough: make time for each other! We just spend the better part of the morning just holding hands and walking around the grounds of this incredible retreat place - Big Cedar Lodge, in the Ozark Mountains near Branson, MO. The scenic beauty certainly made it majestic, but the real [...]