Very soon we will have a couple of young writers making their debut on the blogging scene. ::: We will also have a not-so-young grandma writer making her debut,  documenting a very first Peruvian experience. ::: So. Stay tuned. :)

We have some exciting news, Friends and Family! Sirens began to blare throughout Dubuque, an urgent tornado watch had just been issued. The 400 people attending the Emmaus Iron Sharpens Iron conference were herded down into bowels of the school. The tornado had touched down about 20 miles northwest of our town and was headed [...]

Yesterday the evangelism team and I were able to go out, once again, to the Dubuque Kennedy Mall (our favorite fishing spot) to do some cold turkey evangelism. Before we headed to the Mall we spent some time in prayer that God would open up hearts ahead of time, and that is exactly what He [...]

Reckless evangelism! As you go, scatter the seed wherever you are and with whomever you can. The other day I arrived home, after taking the evangelism team out, and the phone rang. When I answered the man asked for Doug and Beth Macentire. I told him that he must have the wrong number and that [...]

I’ve been reading the book, “What’s so Amazing about Grace?” by Philip Yancey (Zondervan Publishing House, 1997). This is so good.   “Theologically, the Gospels give a straightforward answer to why God asks us to forgive: because that is what God is like.  When Jesus first gave the command, “Love your enemies,” he added this rationale: “…that [...]

KJV vs. NAS, NIV About Bible versions (we are not talking paraphrases here, but the mainline versions), there are several mainline versions that I am referring to: King James Version, New American Standard Version, New King James Version and New International Version* (which some would say is in another category itself).  Some people swear only [...]

“…that you may be perfectly united together in mind and thought.”