Fred Dostaler is a remarkable man. A stranger shot him with a high-powered rifle. Fred called his brush with death “a gift from God.” Not only did he forgive the shooter, he advocated in his defence during the court appearance.
The attraction of the early church was looking at how believers loved each other. People want to be a part of that kind of community. You find that community in the one anothers of the Bible.
Stuck? You know, at a place in your thinking where you can’t find a solution. No matter how long and hard you think about a solution to a problem you face, nothing comes to mind except ideas that don’t work. How do you get unstuck?
The longer I live the more I think that humor is the saving sense. No matter what your heartache may be, laughing helps you forget it for a few seconds. Joanne Goodwin helps me remember the power of well written words.
.It started small with only three people at first. The Bantseevs, Janet & Ilya and their infant son, Josh. An immigrant to Canada, Ilya was from Russia, so at least he spoke the language. But it was tough slogging when the Lord called them to plant a church in Ilya’s home town of Novokuznetsk…a city of about a half million in central Siberia (a four hour plane ride east of Moscow).