Entrusted with the Gospel

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

  • We Don’t Say Goodbye

    I spent the summer of 1984 in Indianapolis with 50 or 60 of my closest friends. It was a Navigator’s summer training program, and together with college students from all over Illinois, I lived for about 8 weeks at a sorority house on the Butler University campus.  We worked during the day – I managed Continue reading

  • Confessions of a (Former) Christian Fiction Snob

    I’ve been a fan of audible books for a while now, and recently signed up for another year’s worth of books on audible.com. (Current “listens” include The Hobbit – J.R.R.Tolkien, The King’s Cross – Tim Keller and another one I’ll mention in a moment). But this past summer I also discovered Christianaudio.com, and ergo, I Continue reading

  • Hobby Lobby in Trouble

    A month or two ago I wrote to David Green of Hobby Lobby. It was a Hail Mary pass, to be sure, but I had read this article about his generous contributions to Christian causes, and in light of our church’s capital campaign, “So All May Know,” it seemed reasonable to give it a try. Continue reading

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  • Les Misérables

    I knew that grace was showcased in Les Miserables, the latest blockbuster released on Christmas day, but I didn’t know just how much.  We went with a large cohort to see a matinee yesterday afternoon. The movie is based on the musical which began its run on Broadway in 1987 and ran until 2003, the Continue reading

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  • Believing…in 2013

         On vacation in Colorado, visiting Diane’s sister and family. I’m reading Andy Stanley’s new book, Deep and Wide, and he mentions another pastor on his staff who preached a sermon based on this question: “Do you believe in God, or do you believe God?”      I like that.      A lot of people believe Continue reading

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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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