Monthly Archives: February 2025

She is my oldest sister, born about eight years before I became the fourth of five children of Theodore and Margaret in Van Buren County, southeastern Iowa. Mary Ann was the first born, and she has always demonstrated an individualistic spirit. She is an avid reader, a loyal friend, a lover of fine china, aContinue reading “MY SISTER MARY ANN”

March 13, 1953 – February 16, 2025 This eulogy, read at Gene’s memorial service, is printed in “You and God” with permission from his wife, Miracle. Gene Satterfield made a mark on every life he touched, for he could not, would not, be ignored. And, when he was on target spiritually and right with theContinue reading “Eugene Satterfield”

Mark tells us that Jesus “ordained twelve, that they should be with Him, and that He might send them forth to preach.” (Mark 3:14) These men, ordinary as they might have appeared to some, became known as “the apostles” of our Lord Jesus Christ. He prayed with them and for them, and when He calledContinue reading “James, Brother of John (5th in a series on the Apostles)”

She and her husband have been serving on the mission field in the US Intermountain West for 35 of the 40 years they have been married.  We will call her Diane, as that is her name.  In her earliest years, her home environment made her the most unlikely candidate for a future missionary. But God!Continue reading “All I Heard Was, Go!”

I beg of you, my loyal readers, your indulgence of my peek back into the past for this personal Special Valentine’s edition of “You and God.” I have before me a yellow-stained, faded copy of a “love” poem that I wrote to my fiancée in 1964, the year we became engaged to be married. SheContinue reading “Happy Valentine’s Day!”

Since all of us are often under a great deal of stress, once in a while it does us good to give ourselves over to something that is of a “merry heart.” In that spirit, I am sharing the following “tongue in cheek” essay on “How Much Is That Preacher in the Window?” I clippedContinue reading ““Shopping for a Pastor””

A  young man who had lived on the southside of Indianapolis, ending up for help at Lester Roloff’s Lighthouse for men—from whence he would migrate to Tennessee Temple College in the early 1970s—and a quiet, shy young lady from Prosperity, West Virginia—also a student at TTC at that same time—met, fell in love, and marriedContinue reading ““If We Did Not Go, Who Would Go?””

On September 26, 2010, our church had a commissioning service for Kelvin Krueger, missionary appointee under the auspices of Baptist World Mission in Decatur, Alabama. Read Kelvin’s testimony in the following paragraphs to appreciate what an incredible feat God allowed this special servant of His to accomplish in serving as a missionary for six yearsContinue reading “In His Own Words”