Crabapple Jelly

I make really good crabapple jelly!  We live in a condominium, and there is only one tree on our property—a crabapple tree.  We can’t really live off the land, but we do try to use those crabapples.  We give the jelly away as Christmas presents.  Some years we have planted peppers in pots (we love [...]

Let’s Go Beyond

In July 2010 the North American Christian Convention will be held in Indianapolis. The convention theme is “Beyond,” with the idea being we need to take our faith and practice far beyond what it is now. I’m privileged to be on the executive committee of this convention, and all of us pray for the convention [...]

Missiologist’s works to be published

I used my recuperation time from two foot surgeries last year to revive a 25-year-old year dream of seeing many of the unpublished works of well-known missiologist Alan R. Tippett on the bookshelves. I served as Tippett’s assistant in the 1970’s while at Fuller Theological Seminary and recently initiated the project with publisher William Carey [...]