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
Updated Editions
New Workbooks with Handouts 5 years after embarking on the Celebrate Salvation journey of discipleship study and training, publishing six study guides in our Joy of Christian Discipleship Course, and learning so much from others we have incorporated many suggestions...
Embracing the Gospel
What does it mean to love God? Again I enjoyed the privilege of presenting at our weekly Thursday morning Men’s Bible Study (aka MBS), an exercise I appreciate for its stimulus to study and opportunity to share thoughts about faith with men I trust. This time I may...
Christmas 2024
A full year in review It's been an active year for us with our growing faith, family, and friends! By God's grace, our health remains strong, and we've been able to spend quality time throughout the year hosting, visiting, vacationing, and sharing some holidays with...
August 2024 canoe trip
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...
We Believe
What does it mean to believe? I periodically have the privilege of presenting at our weekly Thursday morning Men’s Bible Study (aka MBS) and this time I tackled the topic of what it means to “believe” in the Biblical sense of having faith. For the past several years...
In the community
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...