Author Archives: shepherd

For a number of years, I have used a GPS. GPS.  Global Positioning System.  It is a little box that locates itself in the world and displays its location on a map displayed on the screen.  If you give it … Continue reading →

Everything changed this week. Since we have come to this ministry, my life has been difficult.  Just read this blog and see that.  This week I got a bit of a shift in perspective. Over the past 6 months or … Continue reading →

It is time for some good news. He is risen. I know He is risen because I have seen resurrection. It was a year ago that I first got to know K.  K is S’s daughter.  It was not when … Continue reading →

I know I have said it before…but why is it when some people call you “brother,” I want to watch my back?

It is over. No big deal.  They want me to be more extroverted because I don’t connect well with everyone.  I need to log all of my conversations with ministry leaders and write a report every month.  All decisions that … Continue reading →

W is nervous.  I am nervous. It is review time.  Out of the blue came a review.  I found out the real reason for the review is people complaining that I am not towing the party line in our little … Continue reading →

Prayer requests. They always seem to draw an endless stream of illnesses–ours, our family’s, our relatives’, our pets’, our friends’, our friends’ neighbors’ and then often, you even get requests for people even more obscure.  We take these lists and … Continue reading →