Entrusted with the Gospel

Roger's reflections on grace, God and other grand topics

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  • Heading to My High School Reunion

    I’ve decided to attend my 30th high school reunion coming up the second weekend of August, but not because I’m dying to be there. There are things in my life that I don’t want to do but that I also don’t want to not do.  High school reunions are a perfect example. Mind you, I’m sure I… Continue reading

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  • Facebook, the Birthday Betterizer

    I always love my birthdays – I had one yesterday – and the reason is largely because I’m married to a wonderful woman who believes in super-celebrating the birthday-ee.  She does it right, and because of this, my kids and I have been trained in it.  You would be lucky to be adopted into the… Continue reading

  • Praying for My Book on Prayer

    I am at a friend’s cabin today on the Fox Lake in Wisconsin.  He offered it to me for a few days as I am on vacation attempting something that I have never tried before.  I am starting to write a book…on prayer. It was over a year ago that I felt the Lord leading me in this… Continue reading

  • The Humorless World of Haiti, Part 3

    Part 1 of our trip to Haiti is here.  Part 2 is here. As we unloaded from our van, we were greeted warmly by Pastor Lucner Jean and his wife Marie of the Phaeton church.  They welcomed our group to their house, we sat down outside on the porch and began to get to know… Continue reading

  • The Humorless World of Haiti, Part 2

    You only need to cross the border to know you’re in a different world.  The first impression of the country is not unlike the Mad Max movies, or more recently, The Book of Eli.  In other words, there is a feeling of anarchy, of the world of the book of Judges, where “everyone did what… Continue reading

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  • The Humorless World of Haiti, Part 1

    Haitians don’t smile…or laugh…as a rule.  They seem a humorless people, and no wonder – what is there to smile about?  So it was that on a glorious, sunny Saturday we headed off on a day trip into the dark world of Haiti, well known as the poorest country in the western hemisphere, where the… Continue reading

  • Teaching the Preachers

      Just call us the professors, Rog and Jamie. On Thursday and Friday at the Central church here in Santiago, Jamie and I got to pretend to be experts as we spoke to Dominican Pastors on the wide-ranging subject of ministry.  Jamie taught on youth ministry Thursday morn (while I went to La Mosca with… Continue reading

  • La Mosca – Garbage dump city

    Thursday was a gorgeous, sunny day, and after breakfast on the refreshingly windy third floor terrace where we take our meals, we made the 20 minute trip through Santiago to “La Mosca,” translated, the Fly, where we ministered to about 60 – 70 kids at the G.O. Ministries nutrition center.  La Mosca is a gathering… Continue reading

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  • First day in the Dominican Republic

    What a joy it was to be greeted at the airport by our old friend last night, and then to drive through the Dominican night into his neighborhood.  John is so at home here, opening the windows of the van and shaking hands and talking easy Spanish with anyone and everyone.  He’s obviously well-loved…an example… Continue reading

  • Off to Hispaniola

    It’s Tuesday morning, 7 a.m., and there is much to do. We’ll be taking off for Chi-town later on this evening, and catching a flight out of O’hare Wednesday morning to the Dominican Republic, where we will meet our long-time friend and missionary John Martinez.  John will be our host over the next week and a… Continue reading

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