Family & Friends, In our December graduation, Dr. Tom Kopp was selected for the prayer of dedication over the new graduates. Tom and Bonnie are leaving for the mission field after 20 years ministry at Multnomah. His prayer was to God, but we were listening in and I thought you might want to do the [...]

Family & Friends, The day after Thanksgiving is “Black Friday” and sales make a surge. For several years I’ve joined others to make a paradigm shift. We are trying to turn this “Black” Friday into “Praise” Friday. On this day we yearly have a Bible Marathon covering the whole book of Psalms. We used to [...]

Family & Friends, We are losing a man from Aslan’s How. That is the downside of graduation. Andrew Rowland is our Narnia production meister. The front porch Narnian woods and wardrobe are his creation (with my debit card). His blog tells his journey and I’ve named it “Narnia and the North”. Andrew says, “My life [...]

Family & Friends, Our last day of prayer started with a motivational bang. Four students shared their heart concerning prayer. Caitlin came with both barrels booming. I wish you could have heard her heart along with her words recorded below. Caitlin said, Prayer is war. It is a battle of desires. I desire so many [...]

Family & Friends, I’m teaching Pentateuch again and wrestling with God’s Old Testament anger issues. His roaring wrath comes down on Israel more than once. But that is only half of the story. J. Sidlow Baxter said, “When we sin, we not only break God’s law, we break His heart.” God is like that. He [...]

Family & Friends, I just returned from my alma mater, John Brown University, in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. I spoke in chapel twice. In the Friday chapel I made an historic presentation. Relive it with me. “Mr. President, Faculty, Staff, Alumni and students, today I have an historical gift for the college. With apologies to John [...]

Dear Family & Friends, This was first sent out in 2001 about teaching. Now as a teacher, I still believe it. For a dozen years as dean of faculty, I have preached an educational philosophy. Since I’m now moving to the other side of the desk, I’ll preach them one last time. Here are my [...]

Family & Friends, We just finished our Christian Life Conference in chapel this week at Multnomah. We were treated to the theme of “Loving Jesus Through …” Each chapel was a different faculty member and they were all good. The last was by Stan Campbell, our Music Professor. He related the role of music in [...]

Family & Friends, Our all-college retreat was again at the Washington Family Ranch in Wild Horse Canyon. During the weekend, one of the ranch directors told us about a spiritual exercise that a high school camp experienced. The high desert surrounds the lush lawns of the camp center. Each student was told to take a [...]

Family & Friends, I just had one of my favorite C.S. Lewis class projects framed. Usually, I offer to buy such projects from my students. But, last year I was saving money for the year of unemployment to help my elderly parents. So I could offer nothing. Jordan showed grace and gave it go me. [...]