"EXPERIENCING GOD" AUDIOBOOK

It's has been a busy summer already with a couple of special projects, my regular assignments, plus some family vacation time.

One of the special projects that took much of last week was the "Experiencing God" audiobook for Oasis Audio. I've never counted how many Henry Blackaby books I've been privileged to narrate, but there have been several. Now, the granddaddy of them all--newly revised-- on nine CD's. I could almost hear Dr. Blackaby's distinctive voice and manner as I read the pages. Hopefully, this edition which Dr. Blackaby wrote with his son, Richard, and Claude King, will extend the challenge of living in a love relationship with the Lord Jesus and allowing Him to work both in and through a life to even more people as they listen to it in this form. Thanks to Dan Balow, Mark Dunn, and Leslie Rietveld at Oasis Audio for setting it all up and working with me.

Pray for Michael

Soon after spending time at the bedside of one of his dearest friends yesterday Mike Card learned that Denny Denson passed away. Then, just hours later, Mike's mother died. It appears that both funerals will be on the same day, Friday. Please pray for Mike as well as the families and many friends of these loved ones.

Good Bye For Now

Mike Card called today with the sad news that our friend Denny Denson passed away. Those of you who listen to IN THE STUDIO with Michael Card probably feel as though you knew Denny, too, because he was one of our most frequent guests. As the pastor of a small church in Franklin, TN, Denny met Scott Roley, another pastor from the other side of town. They didn't like each other at all to begin with, but God reconciled those two men and they, in turn, were used of God to reconcile many others from different racial backgrounds. It culminated in the Empty Hands Fellowship (nothing in my hands I bring, simply to the cross I cling) which is an amazing group of men in Franklin who are learning to love each other and love the community they live in. As much as we have tried to tell the story of the Empty Hands Fellowship on radio, it is still one of the greatest on-going and untold stories of God at work in America that I know of. I know Mike Card and Scott Roley, and many other men are deeply grieving the death of Denny tonight. But Denny would be the first one to remind us that the good bye is only temporary.

Michael Card DVD

After talking about it several times on "In The Studio With Michael Card", I finally got a chance to see today's "Day of Discovery" TV program featuring Mike in Ephesus, teaching the book of John. It's as good as I thought it would be and I ordered the 4-part DVD myself today. Here's the DVD description from the "Day of Discovery" website:

"You might be familiar with the New Testament book of Ephesians, and you've probably heard of Jesus' beloved disciple John, but did you know that John spent almost half of his life in Ephesus? Now you can take a fascinating trip with author and teacher Michael Card to Ephesus and see some of the most stunning archeological sites in the modern world. See the places that would have been so familiar to John and discover what it would have been like to be a first-century follower of Christ sitting at John's feet, eagerly listening as he recounted stories that no one else could tell them. Your DVD or VHS will include all four parts of this series. Approximate running time-110 minutes."

If you would like to have the DVD, "Wisdom From Ephesus", you can order it for a gift of any size to RBC Ministries. However, if you call 1-800-613-5162 and order it from the "In The Studio" radio program (which is part of RBC Ministries), it will help boost the program's response-- something we all appreciate very much.