Family
Our nuclear and extended families
Susan and I were fortunate to have been born into and raised in intact, loving, supportive families. We’ve all made our share of mistakes over the years, but our nuclear family has remained a rich blessing with our 4 grown children and their 8 healthy and delightful offspring (our grandchildren!) spread out around the country and thriving in the vocations and communities they’ve chosen.
We love camping, hiking, canoeing, Nordic and alpine skiing, and just hanging out together. I’ve also enjoyed investing myself in photography, amateur genealogy, building websites, traveling, and meeting new people.
The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. They are planted in the house of the LORD; they flourish in the courts of our God. They still bear fruit in old age; they are ever full of sap and green, to declare that the LORD is upright; He is my Rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him. – Psalm 92:12-15
A trip to Cincinnati
Visiting Family and Colleagues in March. This past week, Susan and I packed up and left early on a sunny Tuesday morning and headed west and south past Buffalo, Erie, Cleveland, Columbus, and then the last 100 miles to Cincinnati for an overdue visit to our son Nate,...
Advent 2023
A Wonderful Opportunity 170 men and women Joined us al the LeTourneau Christian Center's annual Blessed Hope Christmas luncheon on December 1 to hear Susan introduce the Christmas season with her harp and Dr. Bill Morehouse speak on "Advent and God’s Family." A lively...
Heaven
The Final Study Guide in Course 2! We’ve just published our latest book, Heaven: Our Ultimate Destiny, the third and final study guide in Course 2 of The Joy of Christian Discipleship Series. As we’ve noted, the material in Course 2 overlaps and goes beyond that found...
Canoe trip 8/23
Forked Lake Revisited One of our family's favorite vacation camping destinations over the years has been going canoe camping in the Adirondacks. We like to plan, reserve one or two remote campsites, drive up, canoe out to the edges of "the wilderness" and then set up...
Kingdom
We’ve just published our latest book, Kingdom: God's Reign in our Midst, the second study guide in Course 2 of The Joy of Christian Discipleship Series. As we've noted, the material in Course 2 is presented in a somewhat denser writing style and overlaps and goes...
A Passover Seder
A community group celebration. Susan and I have been hosting a home group from our church and going through the newest Celebrate Salvation study guide together since the turn of the year. It's the first book in Course 2, entitled Awakening, and we've all been drawing...