Category: Manager’s Memo

Manager’s Memo 03-02-2016

One of the scriptures at the root of my vision for The Journey is found in Ecclesiastes. Solomon is looking back over his life experience and offering advice to his son. In chapter 4, he is talking about labor and skill and the work of our hands. “Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor. If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who f ... Read More

Manager’s Memo 02-03-2016

It’s official. I’m getting old. I’m surrounded most days by college students, who bubble with energy, enthusiasm and ideas. My oldest just turned 29, which means he is starting to talk about “I’m almost 30.” And in just a few short weeks, I’ll celebrate my 57th birthday. One of my favorite Old Testament scriptures is a prayer of Moses David collected into the Psalms, a prayer Moses obviously wrote ... Read More

Manager’s Memo 01-22-2016

My oldest turned twenty-nine a few days ago. I called him to wish him a happy birthday and asked him how he was doing. “It’s weird Dad. I’m married now, we’re talking about kids and I’m almost thirty!! I’m not a kid anymore.” “Yeah and you’re thinking about what you want to be when you grow up, wondering about being a good husband and father, finding a better job to support your family and how com ... Read More

Manager’s Memo 12-31-2015

2016. A brand new year. Are you old enough to remember the Y2K bug and the end of the world when all of the computers in the world would grind to a halt? Seems humorous now, knowing there is more processing power in the cell phone in my pocket than any 100 of those computers combined. How many more times have we heard about the end of all things since then? The children of Israel were embattled by ... Read More

Manager’s Memo 12-04-2015

I’ve been waiting for more than three years to tell you this and the day has finally arrived. After lots of starts and stops, two engineering firms, environmental and wetland studies, confirmation of ancient burial ground locations, bird flight paths and checking boxes on pages of government forms, 88.3 The Journey is preparing to build a new tower and replace our 27-year-old antenna. Our present ... Read More

Manager’s Memo 11-29-2019

The Christmas season is upon us again. My sister came to visit Thanksgiving week. At one point, Wanda got out all of the pictures we brought home after my Mom’s passing and cackled with glee as we look at photos from our past. Now it has me feeling a bit nostalgic, thinking about loved ones both past and present, and longing for a celebration when we will all be together again. God feels the same ... Read More

Manager’s Memo 11-20-2015

Webster defines thankfulness as being aware of a benefit received, well pleased and expressive of those facts. David agrees when he says in Psalm 100 know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us and we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the Lord is good and his loves endures forever; ... Read More

Manager’s Memo 10-30-2015

Water was dripping from the top door into my master bedroom, a feature most bedrooms don’t have, with good reason. This past week, we found the small thing done in the dark that soaked a wall of my master bedroom, ruined a door, some carpet and sheetrock and left a two square foot hole in the ceiling of the hall leading to the bedroom. Apparently, when this room was remodeled, long before my wife ... Read More

Manager’s Memo 10-16-2015

Wanda and I are headed to Idaho this weekend to be part of the 25th anniversary celebration gala for the radio station we helped build in Boise in 1990. It will be good to be back among friends two decades in the making, wandering around some of our favorite spots, marveling at the changes five short years have wrought. And to celebrate what twenty-five years of sharing God’s goodness means to a g ... Read More

Manager’s Memo 10-02-2015

A friend sent me an email after Sharathon I thought was perfect. Congratulations! Y’all had me worried for most of Thursday evening and the first part of Friday morning. God does work in mysterious ways and this time he chose a roller coaster with a last minute E-ticket plunge to success. Exactly, John. What a ride! More than 500 listeners contributing more than $125,000! Thank you so much f ... Read More