Pastor Jim at Port-au-Prince Crusade

Cabaret, Jacmel…and a New Website!

Get a load of this new website! Not all cluttered and confusing and difficult to read and navigate like the old one. Clean, simple, and attractive. I’m really happy with it, with special thanks to Joe Money and Chris Kustusch for creating it. Want to hire them to do your website? Contact me and I’ll [...]

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Intercessors Pray Over Pastor Jim

Will You Move Heaven With Prayer?

Until now I have had a list of intercessors to whom I send occasional prayer request letters. But recently we have added so many people to our e-mail list, and I know that there are many among you who would be more than happy to lift us up along with this ministry before the Throne [...]

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Seeing From a New Perspective

View From The Holy of Holies

God gave me this vision and message based on the introduction to Communion shared by Pastor John Sprecher at Rock Church, Rockford, IL on August 1, 2010:
The pastor was reading the message to Laodicea from Revelation 3:15ff. He was talking about how we need to “make an exchange” with the Lord, turning in our old [...]

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Hearing God in Church

It was not an unusual occurrence for me. Pastor John Sprecher was sharing a short message before Communion to prepare our hearts to receive the Body and Blood of Christ. I was listening and appreciating the words he was sharing. But then the Holy Spirit began to speak to me. It wasn’t like when the [...]

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Professor Elizabeth McAlister

Religion Professor Meets Revival

My July trip to Haiti was accompanied by Elizabeth McAlister, Professor of Religion at Wesleyan University in CT. Elizabeth has a serious commitment to Haiti: she lived here for a year, married a Haitian, and has written books and articles on vaudou (voodoo) and other related topics. Now she is researching the evangelical-pentecostal movements in [...]

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Pastor Jim’s 60th

Staying Young While Getting Old

It was quite an extravaganza Margie planned for my 60th birthday. One of those very rare times when all our children and spouses and grandchildren were together at our house. Party with the family. Party with just Margie and me. And then a big surprise party at our church with people representing all the different [...]

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