Abraham's Journey
By Charlie Johnston The last week and a half have been eventful. The death of my father on Nov. 12 was not entirely unexpected, but it threw many things into both an emotional and a nostalgic tizzy. And now it is time for Thanksgiving. I have much to be thankful for. The next generation behind […]
Read More Thanks be to GodBy Charlie Johnston In Massachusetts there is a relatively short river that has played an over-sized role in popular culture. Only seven miles long, it is the river that abolitionist Lydia Maria Child speaks of in her classic Thanksgiving song, “Over the River and Through the Wood.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s popular poem about Paul Revere’s […]
Read More The Mystic River Rolls OnBy Charlie Johnston Since 2012 I have been badly wrong on what I expected to happen in three election cycles – 2012, 2018 and yesterday. That is about as many as I had my entire lifetime before that. Clearly, I do not have my finger on the pulse of who we are in this country […]
Read More Fundamentally TransformedBy Charlie Johnston I am very confident now that, whatever happens today (election day), it will be our first milestone in the renewal of the world. The sequence I have long spoken of when God wants to pull us back to Him after we have determinedly fallen away is to: 1) Reveal the depth of […]
Read More The First MilestoneBy Charlie Johnston Do you have a question you would like to ask me? Well, once a month on our podcast we are going to cover “7 Questions.” Just send your question to seven7questions@gmail.com and Dr. Joe Brickner and his wife, Connie, will choose some to spring on me. It could be yours! On a […]
Read More Danger AheadBy Charlie Johnston The last week and a half has been frantically busy – but frantically fruitful as well. In 10 days I drove over 2,000 miles, did four public meetings, three times as many private meetings, and a host of phone calls. Sadly, it is writing here that got pushed to the back burner […]
Read More Always Bold, Never BrashBy Charlie Johnston Yeah, yeah, I know what you’re wondering: does this title refer to the subject Charlie is going to cover today or to the length of the piece? Well, let’s get to a few ancillary observations, then the subject and see how long the piece ends up being… The left is in a […]
Read More War and PeaceBy Charlie Johnston It was a busy week last week, with the National Zoom Meeting and two international Zooms. We had a bad glitch in the National Zoom when it only allowed 100 people into the meeting rather than 300. Zoom gets kind of glitchy with the bigger meetings. It would have been a problem, […]
Read More America TransformedBy Charlie Johnston Serendipitously, I got home from my latest three-month tour on the tenth anniversary of my departure from the mountain to conclude my pilgrimage. I reckon I could do it again if I had to, but it would probably take me twice as long. If I have to do it again, I believe […]
Read More Where the Heart IsBy Charlie Johnston Jesus died for us boldly and in public. He asks of us, in return, to boldly and publicly proclaim Him and His Kingdom. ********* If you haven’t checked out the CORAC Newsletter, you are missing a lot of good, solid information put together by Sheryl Collmer, its managing editor, every two weeks. […]
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A Sign of Hope 