It's a crisp, cold day here in Cambridge. We are gearing up for our annual Christmas Dinner tonight. It's a wonderful evening for all our students, faculty and staff. After a wonderful meal (prepared by friends from Hespeler Baptist Church),…
Category: Personal
Praise and Prayer Update (November 15, 2019)
Winter arrived this past week as snow now covers our campus. While it's been cold outside, the spiritual temperature inside remains warm and inviting. I continue to be encouraged at the way the Lord is working in the lives of…
Praise Update (November 8, 2019)
It's a joy to be able to report how the Lord answered the requests I asked you to pray about last Friday and this past Tuesday. Our President's Cabinet had a very beneficial prayer and planning day. We sensed the…
Praise and Prayer Update (November 1, 2019)
Linda and I have been on the road quite a bit in recent days. We've been to Minneapolis to present at an academic conference (Society for Professors of Christian Education) and to Montreal for a meeting of Christian Higher Education…
Praise and Prayer Update October 25, 2019
I'm writing this post while sitting in a Starbucks in Ottawa. This particular Starbucks has a unique place in my (Rick) heart. And it's not because I love the coffee (I actually don't drink coffee). It's because of the location--453…
Thank Full
It’s not every day that you move into the home of a stranger. Seven years ago, this fall, Melody and her husband, Sandy, offered us their home as we moved to Cambridge to serve at Heritage. I (Linda) had met…
The Heart of the Preacher: Book Launch
Today is a joyful day for us. It's the official book launch day for the book that I (Rick) wrote entitled The Heart of the Preacher. (The best price right now is from Christian Book Distributors, but you can also…
Praise and Prayer Update September 27, 2019
I’m writing with a heart full of gratitude to God for an amazing week at Heritage. God has graciously answered the requests I gave you last Friday. Here's an update on how the Lord answered our prayers. Graduate Certificate of…
Remembering my Dad
Today, September 18th, is my dad’s birthday. If he were still living on earth, he would turn 90 today. Shortly after his upward call to glory, I wrote some of my reflections on his impact on me as a father. …
New Book: The Heart of the Preacher
This October, I (Rick) have a book being published by Lexham Press (the company that produces Logos Bible Software). The book is called The Heart of the Preacher because it deals with some of the heart-level tests experienced by those who…