Twenty Five Books That Influenced My Life
Last year I read 25 Books Every Christian Should Read and it made me wonder what 25 books I would recommend if I were on the editorial board that put such a book together. I…
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Annual Christmas Post
Two years ago I sent a letter to friends of PathLight, and it was so well received that I reposted it last Christmas. It seems to still strike a chord, so I’m posting it again….
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Christmas Letter
I was once known for my hilarious Christmas letters. Or at least I thought they were funny. But life got busy, not to mention less than rosy all the time, and hilarity sometimes turned into…
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Thanksgiving Grace
Bless, O Lord, this food we are about to eat; and we pray you, O God, that it may be good for our body and soul; and, if there is any poor creature hungry or…
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Goble Family History
I wrote the article below for an upcoming issue of the Goble Family Association newsletter. Yes, there really is such an organization! They were extremely helpful when we did our genealogical research, and they were…
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Taking Good Solutions Too Far
My father built a mobile home park in the early 1970’s. Seemed like a good idea at the time — the land was cheap, the location was near a lot of blue collar jobs, and…
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Goble Lane
I love this picture. Take a close look and you’ll see three wrecking yards, with metal buildings mixed among them. You’ll also see a small mobile home park in the midst of construction (about half…
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Sabbatical Revisited
A year I did something entirely new for me: I took the month of October off work. No email, no facebook, no business phone calls, no meetings, no ministry work, no board meetings, no lots…