“Now as they observed the confidence of Peter and John and understood that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were amazed, and began to recognize them as having been with Jesus.” – Acts 4.13 Amazed: astonished; extremely surprised. I…
First of all, I am truly praising our Almighty God, for a safe and relatively uneventful trip back to the ‘other’ land that I love! Robert picked me up in Bucharest this time and we yakked, yakked, yakked, all the…
In 2025, America will celebrate the 249th birthday of its independence from Great Britain on July 4th, a date also known as Independence Day. This day commemorates the ratification of the Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental Congress on July 4,…
I’ve recently booked my tickets from Boston to Bucharest for July 5, 2025. It seems like much longer than just a little over two months since I left the ‘other’ land that I love. It has been a busy couple…
From Paul David Tripp’s book, ‘Suffering’ – ‘Here’s the bottom line: if you’re God’s child, you’ve been liberated from the self-centered burden of living for yourself, and you’ve been freed to live for Him. That means you’ve been called to…
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Thank you to all of you who prayed over my trip back to the States. There are always small glitches, but there was nothing of note. (Thank You, Lord!) And thank you for praying over our guys from Romania on…
When I was young, I remember a missionary from time to time coming to our local church in Maine needing to raise support either to go to a mission field, or return to the mission field where God had called…
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Oooooo – May, my favorite month of the year whether in Romania, Massachusetts, or Maine where I grew up. Everywhere there are signs of life – of a renewal of all that we love in nature. Thank You, Lord for…
Years ago, all teachers in the large inner-city school where I taught were required to step into the hallway between classes while students were passing. The teachers would glance at each other and give a faint smile, or nod. I…
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Quite often I am surprised by JOY. But when I was surprised by a big snowstorm mid-March after having enjoyed two or three weeks of deliciously warm weather and sun, I absolutely felt no ‘joy’. I know some of you…
