August 9-16 saw many of us (me included) on the Croatian island of Ugljan, just off the coast from the city of Zadar. We were there for the 43rd annual family camp of the Churches of Christ in Croatia. The camp facility at Činta is set on a pretty little cove near the village of […]

June 18-21 we conducted our second annual Champs Camp. I was again involved with the administration and leadership of the camp. Champs Camp is a day camp for elementary school age children from the community. It’s a high energy program with lots of singing, games, crafts, and, of course, Bible lessons. This program was started […]

I realized today that it has been a little over two months since I last posted here. During that time we conducted the second Champs Camp (more on this later), I was in Texas for about 2 1/2 weeks for my parents’ 50th wedding anniversary and to see my new nephew, and I have had […]

This is something else I have been spending a lot of time working on recently. Champs Camp II starts next Monday, June 18. This is the second year of this summer VBS day camp we started for elementary school age children. Please pray for our American visitors, the Croatian team, and the children (and their […]

I spent a good deal of time over the last month producing this.Let me know what you think.

Last Saturday we sponsored a barbecue for the students and faculty of Biblijski institut. Everyone was encouraged to bring friends who might be interested in studying with us. We had free food (grilled by yours truly, and some of the other staff), gave away t-shirts and sweatshirts, along with other promotional materials about the school. […]

I spent last weekend with longtime friends, Max and Liz Crittenden (pictured above), at their home in Zenica, Bosnia and Hercegovina. Zenica is about a five hour drive southeast from Zagreb, in the very heart of Bosnia. Max and Liz have been missionaries there for about 14 years. I led a summer camp team to […]

 Earlier in April, we held our spring spiritual renewal retreat at the Christian Life Center in Crikvenica, on the coast. I led the discussion group with the teens. This time we had just four boys, so I took the opportunity to go do some “guy” stuff with them, along with some of the other older […]

I am currently reading a new book by one of my favorite Christian authors, John Eldredge. The book is called “Beautiful Outlaw.” It is about the personality and humanity of Jesus. I want to share a couple of quotes from the book that I hope will mean as much to you as they have to […]

Early last month, we held the 7th annual leadership conference of the Churches of Christ in Croatia. This is a weekend each March that is set aside for the leaders of the various congregations to come together for fellowship and encouragement. There is time for each congregation to share both its triumphs and trials of […]