An Amazing, Incredible, Awesome, All-Good Year

I guess the conventional wisdom is that 2016 was a pretty bad year. Unless, that is, you're a Cubs fan or a member of the Patterson family. For us, 2016 was so great we can't believe it actually happened. If there were some force in the universe that always averaged out life's experience, then we would have to expect a catastrophic 2017. Thankfully, the great force of the universe is God's grace and we can enjoy an overwhelming sense of thankfulness for the wonderful gifts and experiences he gave us in 2016 that we could never have expected or deserved. And we can look forward to a great 2017 with more ministry opportunities ahead.

As we januflect on 2016 and 2017, we want to make sure and express our thanks to you, too. Without your faithful financial and prayer support we could not be in this exciting ministry.

Elisabeth and Max Transition

Elisabeth and Max both had over-the-top adventures during their time in the States and now it's time to transition back to Slovakia.

Todd and Jana Celebrate 2016 Milestones

From "As You Like It" to a book contract and, of course, The Creation Project, 2016 was indeed a year full of milestones for Jana and I too.

The Creation Project

I've added two more posts to my series on the Evangelical's Creation Conundrum. They've gotten lots of positive feedback so make sure to check out the whole series. The most recent post gets in to the interpretation of the Gen 1 creation account.

Coming Up: God's creation as a temple--a place to dwell in the presence of a holy God and experience his unmitigated provision and protection.

Image credit: Public domain.

Summer Gallery

Fall is gone, winter is come, but it's still the 2016 summer gallery on display. There are probably some new photos to check out or you can take another look at our Christmas video with family highlights from 2016.