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9/4/2021 0 Comments

Parable of the Sack

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Once upon a true time, a woman was carrying a heavy sack of cereals on her head down a dusty Kenyan road. As she walked the rutted earth on that hot sunny afternoon, a man in a blue, paint-faded pickup truck pulled up alongside her and asked, “Je! Ungependa safari?” (Would you like a ride?). The woman, after wiping the sweat off her brow, smiled at him and said, “Ndio Asante” (Yes, thank you).  So, he pulled over to the side of the road, put the truck in park, and got out to help the woman. She put the sack on the truck bed and the man assisted her in climbing into the back. Then he returned to his cab and continued on his journey.

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6/15/2021 0 Comments

Suubi House

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West Point classmate Bill Bowman shared his story with the Long Eternal Line team who gather each Tuesday night for prayer. Bill suffered a bad car accident that crushed his back and should have left him permanently paralyzed.  While in the hospital Bill shared how Jesus held him and comforted him.  Bill apologized for not walking the right path and the Lord shared with him that his story was not over yet.  Miraculously, Bill and his wife were able to have a baby girl they named Sarah.  Bill nicknamed her Suubi—a name that stuck.

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12/26/2020 1 Comment

Preserving Unity

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Acts 4:32—Now the large group of those who believed were of one heart and mind, and no one said that any of his possessions was his own, but instead they held everything in common.

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7/9/2020 1 Comment

Crushed!

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While working on getting a book published I still lacked the artwork and so I called Bruce,* my project manager, to find out the status.  When he answered the phone, it was obvious by the tone in his voice that he was stressed.  Instead of diving into my request, I asked him how he was doing.  Bruce sighed and then shared.  “I’m going through a divorce . . . my house flooded and I’m having to replace the flooring in several rooms and it is not covered by insurance.  I’m not sure if I can get a loan.  I have an ulcer . . . my mother died and left me her house in a trust but one of the trustees was dishonest and it turned out that there is a lien on the home for unpaid debt . . .  ​

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6/18/2019 0 Comments

You Will Be Happy

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Jadon is almost seven and fairness is extremely important to him.   We have been working on manners at the table with a reward system.  If there are no infractions he and his five-year-old sister, Leili, get six MMs each after dinner. But, if he has an infraction and Leili has none, in his mind it becomes unfair.  He would rather get zero MMs and have her also receive none then for her to have six to his five.

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6/4/2015

Empathy Makes a Difference

Empathy is defined as “the psychological identification with or vicarious experiencing ofthe feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of another.” The word comes from the Greek word empátheia.[1]


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7/5/2014

He Sees Your Tears

Mike’s wife left him.  She was having an affair and had no further desire to remain married.  Her bizarre behavior shook the very foundation of Mike’s life and the lives of their three children.  Yet, despite the intense pain of betrayal, the long hours of soul-searching and the challenge of holding his family together, now years later, I watch Mike thrive.  He leads his company with deeper passion and a higher compassion.  His walk with God is on fire—the holy, can’t-get- enough-of-Jesus flame that melts the hardest skeptic.  

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11/6/2012 0 Comments

Partnership--A Better Perspective

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3 John 5-8—Dear friend, you are showing faithfulness by whatever you do for the brothers, especially when they are strangers.  They have testified to your love in front of the church.  You will do well to send them on their journey in a manner worthy of God, since they set out for the sake of the Name, accepting nothing from pagans. Therefore, we ought to support such men so that we can be coworkers with the truth.
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2/15/2007 0 Comments

Orphans

God broke my heart on January 24, 2007.  This was our third day of teaching in Eldoret at Bishop Bondet’s Evangelistic Church of the Lord Jesus Christ.  The theme was disciple making.  But before Dad taught his segment, we traveled to Reverend Ombima’s orphanage.  
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We walked down a dirt road too rutted to allow vehicle passage.  On the right side of the Kenyan clay open sewage flowed.  In that putrid water we walked past pigs happily foraging. Surrounding us were the homes of many squatters—families eking out a living in a destitute slum.  Finally we reached the property where World Revival Evangelistic Ministries (WOREM) five-year old Jireh orphanage is located. S.I. Ombima and his pregnant wife Metrine, humbly live here along with Sylvanus Mukhaima (Moses), their talented and inspiring 21 year-old worship leader.  

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5/27/2006 0 Comments

Long Suffering

​Recently, the Vietnam Traveling Wall (the 3/4ths replication of the amazing black wall in Washington D.C.), traveled to Portland, Oregon. Etched in somber stone is the name of every veteran killed in Indochina.  During the opening ceremony I represented the 104th Division.  Afterwards I was invited to a dinner with the special people from the cemetery that planned the event.  

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