23 years ago I met a 12 year-old kid named Robert who helped me move from Winona Lake to Osceola. He told me about his life on the hour long ride back to Osceola, and I was like… uhhhh is this true? It was a wild story, but very true. As I got to know…
Time, Truth, and Fruit
“Time, Truth, and Fruit never lie.” — Bob Deering If you have been around Voice Ministries for any length of time, you have probably heard Bob say this maxim many times. It’s one of those certainties of life that is borne out in evidence. These terms defined: Time – The measure period in which an action, process…
Lenten Reflection XVI: Anxiety & An Invitation
“We were never meant to handle all the information we receive everyday. It just gets so emotionally overwhelming to bear that weight.” The barista at Starbucks the other day said this to me in a conversation one morning last week and it echoes what I have heard and said myself many times. All day long…
Growing Up Rural: The Lake That Shall Not Be Named & A Little History Lesson
When you are an adventurer, there are always special places you go that you like to keep to yourself. (It is much harder today with GPS, Google maps, drones, social media and geo-tagging, but you still try to keep things on the lowdown.) For my family, we had a special lake up in the woods about…