August 30, 2019

Dear Pastor & Friends, ​Well, I have “enjoyed” another month with my unwelcome guests—shingles!  Yes, almost eighteen weeks as of today. I pray someone who reads this will pray this scourge away.  Enough whining, God is good, gracious and kind even in the midst of...

July 2019

Dear Pastor & friends, ​Summer sure has flown by fast and August is filled with our 49th wedding anniversary and then I take a mission trip and revival services in Alaska.  Now that sounds like we are taking separate anniversary trips…but you would be wrong!!  One...

June 2019

  June 25, 2019   Dear Pastor & friends, I have been very busy in the work of an evangelist in recent days. God has blessed spiritually in the meetings and helped me with the physical problems I have encountered over the last three months. I am not out...

May 2019

May 20, 2019   Dear Pastor & friends, Since my last letter and health report, that was not good, I have endured a three week-plus bout with shingles! If Adam and Eve unleashed this devilish curse into the world with their sin, I’m having words with them “if”...

April 2019

April 24, 2019   Dear Pastor & friends, In Job 1:1, it is said of this man that he was perfect. In James 3:2, the Bible says that a perfect man is one that can bridle his body and not offend in word. The Word of God does not say that he is sinless but...

March 2019

  March 20, 2019   Dear Pastor & friends, Jesus Christ had just spoke rather sternly to several cities that had basically rejected His message and call to repentance. In verses 28 to 30 in Matthew 11, He invited the weary to rest. He requested that they...

February 25, 2019

Dear Pastor & friends, I am writing to thank you individually and to the church you represent collectively for your faithful support to our home and ministry. I have been on the evangelism trail for over forty years and count it a rare privilege to be involved in...

January 2019

JJanuary 23, 2019 Dear Pastor & friends, Paul said that we Christians were; “…justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:” (Rom. 3:24). What a wonderful gift God has bestowed upon undeserving mankind. His is a kindness of...

October 2018

October 24, 2018   Dear Pastor & friends, I don’t know if I’ve ever experienced a warmer fall season…thank God for global warming! It sure saves on the heating bill, the leaf raking and the snow shoveling (those two chores will probably show up sometime...

November 2018

November 28, 2018   Dear Pastor and friends, The cold grip of winter has finally expressed itself in southern Ohio. Snow and single digits, accompanied by heavy coats, boots and gloves will be the norm for the next few months I suppose. Thankfully, the seasons...