It’s finals week at Heritage, the grand finale of the fall semester. Students are pushing hard to finish well. Today I saw one student in the cafeteria reviewing his Hebrew vocabulary cards as he ate lunch; the Hebrew exam was at 1:00 pm and…
Category: Personal
A Bumper Crop of Blessings
“You crown the year with your bounty and your carts overflow with abundance” (Psalm 65:11). The previous owners of our home in Cambridge had the foresight to plant an apple tree in the backyard. Last year, the tree produced a…
Charlottetown, Dallas, Louisville, Lancaster, New York, Cambridge
We’ve not written much these past few months as we’ve been on the road this summer. From the East Coast to the Deep South—and a number of stops along the way. Here’s a few snapshots from our travels. Charlottetown. Just…
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“Don’t You Know How Busy and Important I am?”
On a recent visit to Ottawa, my daughter showed me a video that made me both laugh and wince. It’s a song by a British singer, Tom Rosenthal, called “Don’t you know how busy and important I am?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9h3KUtaIc Busyness…
How God Leads Those in Ministry (Part 3 of 4)
In the last few posts, I’ve been reflecting on what I’m learning from the book of Acts about how God guides those engaged in ministry. My interest in this subject is theological but not theoretical; I need God’s guidance as…
Pure Gold
This summer Linda and I were both deeply impacted as we read Pure Gold, David McCasland’s biography of Eric Liddell. We had been to Scotland in May and had visited Eric’s hometown of Edinburgh. We’d also taken the train to…
A Tribute and a Challenge
We're gearing up for the start of a new school year at Heritage; this coming Monday is move in day for our new college students. My prayer is that God will use our faculty and staff to help prepare these men…
From Harvard to Heritage
One of the important stops on our journey to Heritage College and Seminary took place at Harvard. Several years back, our family visited Harvard University while we were in Boston. I’d never been to the campus before and didn’t expect…
There and Back Again
Our past few months have been filled with planes, trains and automobiles. In May we were in Scotland to see our son Michael, who’s studying in Edinburgh this year. Along with celebrating his birthday, highlights of the trip were hiking…
March Update
It’s been a while since we’ve written, so here’s an update on what we’ve been up to over the past weeks. Women’s Blossom Conference: In late February, Linda spoke at conference for women in Pembroke. In spite of the fact…
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