Writer and Teacher
Speaking Schedule
Speaking Schedule
Continuing Teaching Responsibilities:
Each Sunday–I teach an adult Sunday School class using the Uniform Lessons.
Ongoing: Grandpa’s Bible Club with our four grandchildren. Currently we are doing a survey of the Old Testament.
Speaking Opportunities:
September 23, 2011
Spoke on “Words of Encouragement from Behind the Scenes” at Ozark Christian College’s Faculty/Staff luncheon.
July 17, 2011
Preach on “What Must I Do to Be Saved?” at both morning services at Carl Junction Christian Church.
January 28, 2011
Lecture on “You Can Write” in Jay Engelbrecht’s seminar on Writing for Publication at Ozark Christian College.
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January 24, 2010
Preach on “Keep Yourselves from Idols” at both morning services at Carl Junction Christian Church.
February 17-18, 2010
Lecture in a Philosophy class at Ozark Christian College on “Postmodernism” at 11:25 am, Wednesday and Thursday.
February 23-24, 2010
Present workshops at Ozark Christian College’s Preaching-Teaching Convention, Joplin, MO.
Tuesday, February 23, 8:45 am “You Can Write.” Wednesday, February 24, 8:45 am “What Is Postmodernism?”
March 20, 2010
Present a workshop at 9:30 am on “A Christian’s Response to Growing Social Issues (Homosexuality, Sexual Immorality, Abortion, etc.) at the Missouri Christian Convention, St Charles, MO.
April 20, 2010
Give a testimony about my lung transplant at the Celebration of Life, hosted by the Midwest Transplant Network, at St. Johns Hospital, Joplin, MO.
April 23, 2010
Present a workshop on “Ministering to Your Grandchildren” at Ozark Christian College’s Women’s Conference, Joplin, MO, 3:00 p.m.
August 16-28, 2010
I am teaching a two-week course on Worldviews at Jordan Evangelical Theological Seminary. Barbara will teach on librarianship in the seminary library.
September 27, 2010
Barbara and I met with a Parkinson’s support group at Mt. Hope Church of Christ in Joplin, MO. I gave a brief presentation on “Coping with Chronic Illness.”
October 17, 2010
Preached on “How to Live in God’s Will” (Romans 12:1-2) at both morning services at Carl Junction Christian Church.
November 9, 2010
Taught on “Knowing” in both of Woody Wilkinson’s philosophy classes at Ozark Christian College.
November 11, 2010
Taught on “The Role of Biblical Studies in Shaping a Christian Worldview” in Woody Wilkinson’s 11:25 philosophy class at Ozark Christian College.
November 14, 2010
Preached on “Jesus Teaches on Greatness” (Matthew 18, 20) at both morning services at Carl Junction Christian Church.
December 19, 2010
I taught combined Sunday School classes at First Community Church at Bob Higgins request. I spoke on “How We God the Bible.”
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2009 Speaking Schedule
January 24, 2009
“The Ministry of Grandparenting,” Men’s Retreat, College Heights Christian Church, Joplin, MO.
February 11, 2009
Radio Interview on KNEO, Neosho, MO. Hosts: Herb Waterhouse, Raymond Driscoll, and Gene Franklin.
February 15, 2009
Preached on “Obedience to God Advances His Mission” at Carl Junction Christian Church, Carl Junction, MO.
February 24, 2009
Workshop on “Ministering to Your Grandchildren” at Preaching-Teaching Convention, Ozark Christian College, Joplin, Mo.
February 25, 2009
Workshop on “Helping the Hurting” at Preaching-Teaching Convention, Ozark Christian College, Joplin, Mo.
April 16, 2009
Gave the message, “The Worth of an Individual Life,” at Velma Tracey’s funeral at Carl Junction Christian Church.
June 3, 2009
Message “Where Is God When We Suffer” and a workshop on “Ministering to Your Grandchildren” at Senior Saints in Branson sponsored by Ozark Christian College.
June 7, 2009
Preach on “Joseph–Found Faithful” at both morning services at Carl Junction Christian Church
June 10, 2009
Message “Where Is God When We Suffer” at Senior Saints in Branson sponsored by Ozark Christian College.
June 11, 2009
Workshop on “Ministering to Your Grandchildren” at Senior Saints in Branson sponsored by Ozark Christian College.
July 2, 2009
Workshop “Ministering to Your Grandchildren” at North American Christian Convention, Louisville, KY.
August 8, 2009
Speak on “Helping the Hurting,” at a prayer breakfast at Daddy Jim’s Restaurant, Neosho, MO.
September 20, 2009
Preach on “Why It Makes Sense to Believe the Bible” at Concord Christian Church, north of Boonville, MO.
October 16, 2009
Read a paper on “A Perspective on Postmodernism as it Relates to Modernism and Evangelicalism” at the Western Fellowship of Professors and Scholars, Manhattan Christian College, Manhattan, KS.