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A periodic blog about what we’ve been up to lately.

August 2024 canoe trip

by | September 1, 2024 | Family, Getaways | 0 Comments

For three wonderful days we traveled with our daughter Johanna and her 3 younger kids and new puppy Tilly from Rochester up into the Adirondack Mountains past the chain lakes and north of Raquette Lake to a little-known relatively undeveloped body of water known as...
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In the community

by | June 22, 2024 | Events | 0 Comments

Staying Connected at School 16 Since my "graduation into retirement" six years ago, Susan and I have remained active in the community that surrounds our home and the main office of His Branches with a number of endeavors through His Branches, the Arnett Block...
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A trip to Cincinnati

by | March 19, 2024 | Conferences, Talks | 0 Comments

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,...
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Advent 2023

by | December 3, 2023 | Events | 0 Comments

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...
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Heaven

by | September 11, 2023 | Writing | 0 Comments

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...
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Canoe trip 8/23

by | August 28, 2023 | Family, Getaways | 0 Comments

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...
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Kingdom

by | August 3, 2022 | Writing | 0 Comments

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...
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A Passover Seder

by | April 18, 2022 | Events | 0 Comments

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...
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Christmas 2021

by | December 15, 2021 | Family | 0 Comments

2021 has been a challenging but fruitful year of change! As the world around us continues to rock and spin, sometimes seemingly out of rational control, we’ve been holding together as individuals and as a family as best we can. Let’s leave the chaos of COVID and...
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The Biblical Festivals

by | November 11, 2021 | Writing | 0 Comments

For over 40 years I’ve been impressed and often captivated by the consistency of God’s Word and witness in the entire Bible, from Genesis to Revelation. He is truly the same yesterday, today, and forever! One way of tracing this thread of witness is through the...
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August 2024 canoe trip
August 2024 canoe trip

by | Sep 1, 2024 | ,

For three wonderful days we traveled with our daughter Johanna and her 3 younger kids and new puppy Tilly from Rochester up into the Adirondack Mountains past the chain lakes and north of Raquette Lake to a little-known relatively undeveloped body of water known as...

In the community
In the community

by | Jun 22, 2024 |

Staying Connected at School 16 Since my "graduation into retirement" six years ago, Susan and I have remained active in the community that surrounds our home and the main office of His Branches with a number of endeavors through His Branches, the Arnett Block...

A trip to Cincinnati
A trip to Cincinnati

by | Mar 19, 2024 | ,

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,...

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