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We are grateful…

By Rick Wattman

We recently created a brochure highlighting our Year of Gratitude. Each of us was asked to write a few words about why we are thankful to serve with FaithSearch. It was an exciting though challenging opportunity to distill my thoughts: we had a strict word limit.

Here is what I wrote:

I’m grateful to be part of the FaithSearch team since 2001. Recently, I found an old journal from 1977, when I was exploring what to do with my life. I was caught by my use of the word “evidence,” especially given what I do today in my Gospel-with-evidence ministry at FaithSearch:

I’ve always liked to learn. I’ve been good at formal proof & argument–evidence, etc. … but how–in what capacity–Scripture? Science? How can I best use my mind to glorify God? … I pray for knowledge of & the desire to seek out the way God wants me to go.

That was forty years ago, even as FaithSearch was being born across the country. I studied journalism, worked in television, advertising, computers, Internet, and ministry. Now I am grateful to be here, where all those twists and turns are being used by God at FaithSearch, in answer to my prayers.

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Ongoing Ministry

By Rick Wattman

It has been a while since I communicated about my ongoing ministry with FaithSearch. It is NOT that I haven’t been doing ongoing ministry. It’s that I have been doing so much that I have had to prioritize projects. Here are some recent highlights: [Read more…]

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“Trying to quench a thirst”

By Rick Wattman

Surprised by Faith, 3d edition
Surprised by Faith, 3d edition

Almost two years ago, I wrote about the joy I share when I hear—either directly or indirectly—from people who have been impacted by our ministry and the resources we produce (see “Sharing in the Joy!“, from March 1, 2013). I have recently been blessed again to hear some amazing accounts. One reader wrote, “I read as though I was trying to quench a thirst I never knew I had.”

His story starts out like a love story, yet you may not be “surprised” how it ends.  [Read more…]

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2015 Benefit Dinner and Silent Auction

By Rick Wattman

2015 Benefit Dinner and Silent Auction
Save the date for our 2015 Benefit Dinner and Silent Auction

We are once again planning the details for our 2015 Benefit Dinner and Silent Auction. It will be held May 2, at Grace Church in Eden Prairie, MN. If you will be in the Twin Cities at that time, I encourage you to plan to attend. Here’s a good reason to make a reservation:  [Read more…]

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A Gift of Love that Keeps on Giving

By Rick Wattman

My Wind Chimes: a gift of love that keeps on giving
My Wind Chimes: a gift of love that keeps on giving
(See and hear them here.)

It is wonderful to be loved. My wife loves me, and it is a wonderful blessing. A gift from her is always a gift of love that keeps on giving.

She has observed on numerous occasions that I practically melt when I hear wind chimes. As an example, a couple of summers ago we were dashing through a garden shop to pick up some bedding plants for her garden, and I was arrested by a display of several wind chimes of varying sizes and shapes. She patiently stood by while I played with them and sampled their sounds. She didn’t attempt to discourage me or hurry me. She even feigned interest by asking which one I liked most.

Then we continued on to the bedding plants.

Imagine my astonishment when—months later on my birthday—I opened a set of chimes which she had secretly ordered and kept hidden. WOW! Not only had she remembered the model I favored in the store; she also researched them online and found a less expensive source, AND had them delivered in time for my birthday celebration. I had been clueless about her scheme, and was truly amazed at its revelation. [Read more…]

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Rick’s Past Posts

  • We are grateful…
  • Ongoing Ministry
  • “Trying to quench a thirst”
  • 2015 Benefit Dinner and Silent Auction
  • A Gift of Love that Keeps on Giving
  • “Like Us on Facebook!”
  • Happy New Year!
  • Memories of My Early Faith Walk
  • Merry -almost- Christmas!
  • Calendars are here!
  • 2014 Benefit Dinner Video
  • 2014 Benefit Dinner Blessings
  • Shut Out of Heaven?
  • A BLAST, from the Past!
  • Spring Break in Texas
  • 2013 Benefit Dinner Video
  • 2014 Benefit Theme
  • Il ritorno in Italia
  • Sharing in the Joy!
  • Update…

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