Love & Lead

“..for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose”–Paul

(Philippians 2:13 NIV)

Yesterday I tearfully kissed my wife good-bye as she boarded an airplane bound for Paris. This trip into her chosen wonderland was not for a vacation excursion with our daughters or her best friend. No, Robyn will be spending four months studying French at the Sorbonne, one of the oldest universities in the world. Yes, you read right “FOUR MONTHS.”

I admit at first glance it does sound a bit like the “mid-life crazies”, but at its heart this journey for both of us has more to do with passion and pursuit of the calling of God than just about anything we have ever done together.

In 2005, Robyn took a vacation trip to Paris with one of our girls. On this trip a love for the French culture…

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