Dear friends of Vital Signs Ministries, January 2018 I considered several directions for this the first LifeSharer letter of 2018 but in the end I decided to do a brief review of 3 timely things: 1) our Christmas activities; 2) our Christmas resolutions; and 3) a few reading recommendations. Let’s go. I) The Kaleidoscope of…
Dear friends of Vital Signs Ministries, February 2018 Relevant topics for this month’s letter could include our participation in the Walk for Life in Lincoln (complete with our information booth at the Student Union and my interview with a KETV crew), items I’ve written for Vital Signs Blog (such as “Pro-Lifers in the Public Square” and “Can…
Dear friends of Vital Signs Ministries, March 2018 Has March come in like a lion?Well, if the old adage refers to very cold, very windy weather, then we’ve certainly experienced its roar.Indeed, last Monday morning’s sidewalk counseling behind the Planned Parenthood abortion business was in about as miserable conditions as we can remember.Freezing rain turning…
Dear friends of Vital Signs Ministries, April 2018 “Everybody likes a compliment.” (Abraham Lincoln) “Praise is warming and desirable…But praise is an earned thing. It has to be deserved like an honorary degree or a hug from a child. A compliment [however] is manna, a free gift.” (Phyllis McGinley) “I can live for two months on…
Dear friends of Vital Signs Ministries, May 2018 I have described to you in a previous LifeSharer letter (January 2016) Claire’s and my Thanksgiving Jar Project. But if you’d like a review, there’s a brief video clip on the front page of the Vital Signs Ministries website. Please check it out. Anyhow, we are now…
Dear friends, June 2018 June is quickly running its course but I’m not running fast enough to keep up with it. In fact, I’m not even walking through June – not according to my regular regimen, anyhow – because I tore a calf muscle and am now undergoing physical therapy for both that leg and a…
Dear friends of Vital Signs Ministries, July 2018 I’ve been thinking quite a bit lately about exercise – both physical and spiritual. The first stimulant to these meditations was a presentation from wife/mom/homemaker Anna Friedrich that a small group of us listened to at a L’Abri Evening at our home last April. That lecture concerned…
Dear friends of Vital Signs Ministries, August 2018 “He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord.” (Proverbs 18:22) Claire and I were sitting outside the Kind Coffee Shop in Estes Park, Colorado one bright, cool morning a couple of weeks ago. As she sipped her tea and I my…
Dear friends, September 2018 It has been a very intense and challenging few weeks. First, there was the passing of Dick Arant, a friend and dedicated servant of Christ, and then the next week we heard of the passing of Derrith Murphy, the daughter of friends and pro-life colleagues, Dick and Jan Loneman. Dick Arant…
Dear friends of Vital Signs Ministries, October 2018 I write this month’s letter on a pleasant, rainy morning in Branson, Missouri where I’m snugly ensconced with my coffee and yellow notepad in my favorite Panera restaurant, the one hidden away from the otherwise bustling businesses of this down-home tourist town.Claire and I are here in…
