Posts by dene
January 2017 Monthly Letter
Dear Reconciler Family, We are in a new year already! Time does fly, whether we’re having fun or not. What kind of year did you have 2016? Mine was up and down. I saw the following on the web by Kyle Schmid, an actor, and thought I might share it with you. “This past year…
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Dear Reconcilers, The title of this letter is: “GOD’S GREATEST GIFT GIVEN TO MAN—JESUS!” There are many prophecies about the coming Savior Jesus Christ. My brief focus is on Luke’s account and how some of these prophecies unfolded. Luke 1:26-33 tells us that on the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy (with John the Baptist), God…
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Dear Reconciler Family, I was listening to some gospel music the other day by the Mississippi Mass Choir, and one stanza caught my attention. It said this: “Trials come great and small; just stay in the will of God.” It reminded me of a lot of southern gospel songs that I grew up listening to.…
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Dear Reconciler Family, As we come to the close of the month of September 2016, I’m keenly reminded of events that took place on September 11, 2001. I’m sure many of you had some of the same thoughts. You knew where you were on that fateful day! I was in Dallas, Texas conducting a leadership…
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Dear Reconciler Family, I would like to begin the letter with some updates by Reconciliation Chapter Leader Evelyne O’Callaghan Burkhard: Hi my Friends! I am now in Switzerland for the last six weeks. It seems like ages as I have really enjoyed visiting my family and touring up into the mountains. It has been very…
Read MoreAugust 2016 Monthly Letter
Dear Reconciler Family, Thank you for standing with me as we continue to watch the world scene and notice just how chaotic it is becoming. Were it not for the words of Jesus telling us that there will be trouble in the world before his return, we could become very discouraged. So these events, such…
Read MoreJuly 2016 Monthly Letter
Dear Reconciler Family, Good News and Bad News! As I sat down and began to mull over my message for the July ORM Letter I glanced at my computer screen and latest news items listed. There was good news and bad news. The good news was: “Charleston Marks Anniversary of Church Shooting. Charleston is planning…
Read MoreJune 2016 Monthly Letter
Dear Reconciler Family, My wife, Jannice and I were invited by Pastor Karl Reinagel, Office of Reconciliation Ministries Chapter Leader in the St. Louis, Missouri area, where we attended meetings on Tuesday, May 10, and Wednesday, May 11. First, we met with the Ferguson Ministerial Alliance to discuss some of their recent activities in the…
Read MoreMay 2016 Monthly Letter
Dear Fellow Reconcilers, My wife, Jannice and I visited our Reconciliation Ministry Chapter in Newark, New Jersey on the weekend of April 23rd and 24th, and conducted a seminar on the topic of reconciliation on Saturday the 23rd. It was lively and celebratory. It brought back fond memories for Jannice and me. I was baptized…
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Dear Reconciler Family, As we move into the month of April 2016, having commemorated the Lord’s Supper, we are overwhelmed by the most powerful and momentous events that mankind has ever known: the Life, Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior! We read about his walk among mankind as a stranger to…
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