• Redeeming Church Conflicts

    Endorsements for “Redeeming Church Conflicts”

    Dave Edling and I are humbled and grateful for the endorsements that are beginning to trickle in for our book, “Redeeming Church Conflicts.” It takes a lot of time to read a manuscript carefully (I actually have to do that this weekend for someone who has asked for my endorsement) … and it’s rarely an easy decision whether to endorse or not. So thank You, Lord, and thank you, friends, for these endorsements: ‘In Redeeming Church Conflicts Tara Barthel and David Edling draw on their extensive experience helping brothers and sisters resolve serious divisions in ways that bring glory to Jesus, the prince of peace. Perhaps even more important than…

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    Happy Birthday to the World’s Best Sister!

    In honor of my sister’s birthday today, I went to old photo albums and took pictures of (yellowed) pictures and posted an entire album on FaceBook. I won’t recreate the entire album here, but just to show you what a cutie-pie Kali was, here are a few of the pics: (I’m the bald baby next to her. She used to call this my “Kojak photo.” 🙂 ) (*** WARNING *** Scary 1970’s perms ahead …)   (Gotta love the 80’s …) I absolutely adore my sister! Happy birthday, Kali!  

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    Join us in Delaware this December!

    So it’s official and you’re invited! My silly mileage run has turned into a (not silly!) actual event: Fear Not “Mini-Retreat” featuring Tara Barthel Saturday, December 10, 2011 from 9AM – 12 noon  Location: Glasgow Church in Bear, DE Please RSVP to HeritagePresWIC@live.com by December 5th (And visit Tara’s Speaking Page to learn more about her “Fear Not” retreat.)