In an interview on CBS This Morning this morning, Charlie Rose spoke to renowned film director George Lucas. Being a fan of the Stars Wars and Indiana Jones movies, I stopped to listen to the interchange. One question Rose asked Lucas sent me scrambling for my iPhone to take notes. He asked: “What do you want the Continue reading

  This is the first chapter in the yet to be published, “Jonah: A Story of Mercy.” It is based on the biblical story of Jonah with additions intended to show the Old Testament prophet as a real man who faced real struggles. The additions are not intended to replace what is written in Scripture; they Continue reading

In a beautiful kingdom long ago, there lived a very happy king. The king had a large castle, many fine horses, lovely gardens in which to walk. He wore a long purple robe trimmed in gold and white. It was the same robe passed down to him by his father who received it from his Continue reading

I’ve been seeing lots of rainbows in the last couple of days. No, not the real ones in the sky, but images of rainbows popping up all through the media in the wake of the recent Supreme Court ruling that will allow same-sex couples to legally marry in the all 50 states. The rainbow has Continue reading

I have started to write about the shooting at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, SC, numerous times. I type a paragraph or two, and I stop and delete it all. The actions of Dylann Roof are incomprehensible to most people. We have all had feelings of anger that bordered on or even drifted into hatred, Continue reading

  It looks like it’s going to be short posts for this trip. For some reason my iPad won’t connect to the Internet, so I’ll have to stick with hunting and pecking on the smaller phone keyboard.  Our team divided up to enjoy some of the niceties of this area. Part of us went to a Continue reading

Of all the good things I could say about today, the best is reflected in this picture. Our bus driver Julio prayed to receive Jesus today. Amy Ferman had been burdened over his spiritual state since we got here. Through prayer and intentional conversation, this morning he became a brother in Christ!  Continue reading

I’m still using my iPhone, so brevity is essential. The short story is that it was a good and tiring day.  After some tasty omelette scooped by Mallory Granuiz, we returned to the site but did a brief Bibke School rather than working on the water house. We told two Bible stories with all the Continue reading

We had another successful day on site yesterday as we continued to lay block on the water house. We actually used up all our block and had to order more. The progress has been remarkable, plus we had some welcome cloud cover in the morning.  Those who were doing the eyeglasses ministry were really blessed Continue reading

Today was hot but good. We were able to lay 270 of the 550 block on the new water house in Gaspar Hernandez and give over 30 pairs of glasses to people in the community with decreased vision. We’ll be back at it in the morning. It’s been a great time thus far.  We’re doing Continue reading