So, here’s the deal: we have 32 committed for our third annual ride…it just keeps getting bigger. Roger is joining us this year…it just keeps getting better. The cutoff was 30, but 3 of our number are not on bikes and we can squeeze the accommodations to fit that number and not a soul more. Sorry if you wanted to come and just hadn’t got around to it yet, God willing, there will be Hell and Ba

More awesome than all who surround Him…that’s what God is (Psalm 89:7). More powerful than all who came before him…that’s who Jesus is (Matthew 3:11). More than conquerors…that’s what we are when God is for us, pity those who might be against us (Romans 8:37). More than we can ask or imagine…that’s what God is able to do according to his power that is at work in us (Eph

i have a dear friend who also is my sister in Christ and my mother in law, Elizabeth Reese Rowe…you can find her that way on facebook, if she ever slows down enough to check her page. she has recently been diagnosed with cancer and just moved to charlotte, n.c. and is having some trouble finding disciples. that doesn’t sound quite right to me. elizabeth became a Christian almost 6 years ago in chattanooga

I Saw in Heav’n   {for the children slain in Newtown, Connecticut}   I saw in Heav’n a famous man Who’d done some famous things. He’d built great buildings with a plan – The kind of plan that great fame brings And makes us humans proud.   I saw in Heav’n a lovely dame Who’d lived a lovely life. She’d done some things worthy of fame – The kind of fame nor grief nor strife Could ever wholly shroud.   I saw in Heav’n a

…december 18, 1977…well, you have to go back to february 15th of the same year. actually you have to go back to the day before easter of the year before we got married; april 17, 1976.  but if i don’t stop with this ‘you have to go back’ stuff i’ll try to get you to go all the way back to july of 1957 when a little girl was born on an air force base in sumter, south carolina. a lot

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Wow, this year has flown by, and for all of us living on Peacock Lane that means it’s already time to turn on our holiday lights. Again. From December 15th to New Year’s Eve, for 85 years now, our street celebrates Christmas like few other places on Earth. Each evening for the next couple of weeks, thousands of Portlanders will walk the four blocks that make up our lane, looking at the lights, drinking ho

Every six months we go to NYC to see Dr. Nick Gonzalez. His protocol, and the prayers of so many friends all over the world, seem to be working their magic: Lisa is markedly improving. Here it is in her own words… watch?v=Z2CrD390Qgw&feature=youtu.be Even the Portland oncologist who first told us, “this is going to kill you, Lisa” has acknowledged Lisa’s continued good health. We saw him s

True, my turban went to durban. Here’s what my friends, the Comries, had to report about our time together. Nicodemus aka Steve Johnson in Durban On the 19th November the Durban Church was given the opportunity to host Steve Johnson as Nicodemus. It was a last minute decision to use his last night in South Africa and have him visit Durban after his show in Johannesburg. With two weeks until the show, we still d

People of Portland…c’mon!  Last year we fell behind New Orleans, Sante Fe, and Austin…lousy fourth place…for the honor of being the weirdest city in America. Sure, we beat San Francisco, but Savannah on St. Patrick’s Day can do that with one drunk arm tied behind its back. So we stole the bumper sticker idea “keep portland weird” from Austin, who cares! We just need to live u