I (Rick) am posting this just before heading off to teach an all-day course on pastoral leadership at Heritage Seminary. As I've looked over the roster of the eleven students signed up for the class, I'm excited. God is entrusting…
Category: Prayer
Praise and Prayer Update (January 24, 2020)
As I write this morning, my heart brims with praise for the many evidences of God’s grace to Heritage in recent days. Yesterday, our college students led the Local Outreach Chapel. They reported on five outreach initiatives they’ve been actively…
Praise and Prayer Update (December 13, 2019)
Last week I asked you to join us in praying for the ESL International Christmas dinner we were hosting at Heritage. The Lord answered our prayers in some wonderful ways. We had over 160 people attend; many different countries were…
Praise and Prayer Update (December 6, 2019)
Yesterday (Thursday), I had the joy of hearing Heritage students give group presentations on their involvement in our Love Hespeler Initiative. We engage all our incoming students in ministry to our local community (Hespeler). In addition to praying for the…
Praise and Prayer Update (November 22, 2019)
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),…
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…
Prayer Update (November 6, 2019)
I have a special prayer request to send out today. This week at Heritage is Local Outreach Week. In addition to focusing all our chapel sessions on the topic of sharing the good news of the gospel, our students have…
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…