This past month has been a great month of ministering in and around the holiday season. A couple of opportunities stand out.
Many years ago, Charles Surrett, my pastor at the time encouraged me to write a book. Taking his suggestion to be the will of God, I did so and have been selling the work ever since. My book has gone to places that I have never been, expanding my ministry in ways I could never envision. Somewhere along the line, my book found its way into the hands of Pastor Tom Brennan, who was a pastor in Chicago at the time. Pastor Brennan appreciated my book and reached out to me asking me to come a preach a meeting for him. The Lord had moved him from Chicago to Dubuque, Iowa, by this time. Having never met me, he insisted that he knew me having read my book. The week after Thanksgiving, I traveled to Dubuque and preached a meeting for him. There was no awkwardness at in any of our time together, and we both look forward to another meeting next year. While I was still in college, I was told to be concerned about the depth of my ministry and God would take care of the breadth. This encounter proves that the advice I received was on target.
Pastor Brennan is himself an author of several books, and can be found here. While I have not read everything he has written, everything that I have read has been very good.
Delays due to COVID-19 and other reasons not disclosed to us have made the release of our physical CD not possible until after the new year. There is a possibility of purchasing a digital copy from Amazon for those who are so inclined. As soon as it is ready, I will send a special update with instructions on how to purchase. For anyone wanting to wait for the actual CD, we will update you via this venue when it is ready for purchase.
As Christmas nears, our family was asked to do some concerts for two different churches. In one church, Josiah joined us and in the other, a friend named Dale Lieser was part of our team. Both times were quite enjoyable as we served the Lord together.
After the Christmas season, we move into a special conference designed for laymen. It is called a Christian Workers Conference. Others have done similar things in past, but we found it to be a great blessing last year and look forward to seeing what the Lord will do this year.
Make God give you all a Christ-filled Christmas and new year. Thank you for your prayers.
