Foundation of Faith

Dear Mother

Dear Mother, As I remember you today and reflect on the mother you were, I find myself thinking of the idiomatic expression “unique as a blue diamond.” Why do I say this? I say it […]

Foundation of Faith

Heaven

We would like to invite you to leave this world behind for a moment and think about heaven. We assume that you believe that heaven is a reality. Regardless of what a person believes or […]

Foundation of Faith

I Will Be With You

The path down which God led my wife and me here in Brazil was not dissimilar from the road I had taken years earlier in Germany, when I gave up my career in business to […]

Foundation of Faith

He Is Risen!

What a world of meaning is contained in the short sentence – “He is risen.” He has risen and has conquered death, hell, and the grave. Through His resurrection, we are “more than conquerors.” It […]

Foundation of Faith

The Cemetery – Final Destination?

Doreen and I are visiting her sister Ingrid and husband Harold in Calgary. Our itinerary includes day trips, shopping, shared meals, uplifting conversations, and exchanging memories. Yesterday, we visited our parents’ gravesite. We parked our […]

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The Miracle of the Resurrection

“And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty…But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the first-fruits of those who have fallen asleep.” […]

Foundation of Faith

I Will Be with You

When we came to Brazil in 1936, we were about 50 years old, and our daughter Else was 14 years old. Farm work was not easy for us, especially as we had no comparable experience […]

Foundation of Faith

The Power of the Cross

The main theme of the apostle Paul’s letters is “the cross.” He was a Hebrew by birth, a teacher by profession, and a born leader with unquenchable zeal and fervent enthusiasm. But the sole subject […]