When I asked Jesus to come into my life on that Monday afternoon in Seattle on July 18, 2005, I had given up the vain notion that I was going to deduce my way to faith. Even though my pride kept it well concealed, from me mostly, I was emotionally tired and broken. I just … Read morePart 7:
Accepting Forgiveness

On August 7, 2005, at approximately 10:30 am, with myself and our four children standing in witness close by, Allen Tappe baptized Robin in front of the congregation at Richland Hills Church of Christ.  I knew this was a great victory for Robin over her own fears.  I knew that my own pride and arrogance … Read morePart 6: The Awakening

Robin purchased John Eldridge’s book titled Epic for me on the afternoon of July 17, 2005. The next day, Monday July 18, I read Epic on a long flight from Dallas-Ft Worth to Seattle. I was deeply moved. Epic is about God’s complete “story”, from beginning to end, of all history and future. Eldridge tells … Read morePart 5: The Epic Story

My fondest memory of the Sunday school that I attended as a child at my grandmother’s church is about a man named Herman Marchbanks (Brother Hermy). He was my Sunday school teacher. He always seemed to take a special interest in my brother, Keith, and me. I remember that he named his first son after … Read morePart 4: The Sowers

Fast forward 20 years. In early 2000, Robin and I made a life changing decision to remove our children from the negative influences of public schools. We had become very frustrated with the administration governing the public school that Amanda and James were attending. We were seeing our children exposed to invasive social indoctrination which … Read morePart 3: A Question of Faith