“Love the foreigner, therefore, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.” (Deuteronomy 10:19) “Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all.” (Colossians 3:11) Jerry spent the last hour cutting moldy sheetrock away from our bathroom walls. His graying mustache… Read More
Archive Category: Stories From The Road
Still About One
A record was set last night in Boise, Idaho… Not just a record for Roadshows in Boise… Not just a record for seven years of the Roadshow tour… 502 children were sponsored last night in Boise! The most children sponsored at a concert in the thirty years that Compassion International… Read More
The Life Of Bryan
You should hire Jessi Trigger. Normally, when a chaplain brings me to his college campus, I speak in a chapel service about the ministry of Compassion International. Then, that evening, I play a concert for a handful of students who remember hearing “Welcome Home” in the minivan with mom on… Read More
Ten Years With Christine
The first time I came to Anderson University I was 27 I think. I was a new dad on tour with Bebo Norman and Katy Hudson Perry. I wore girl jeans and struggled to remember the words to my new song “Welcome Home.” I’m not 27 anymore, I’ve got three… Read More
Full
Sara e-mailed Ben a while back asking if I was available on such-and-such day to sing at a women’s conference she was putting together in Missoula, Montana. I wasn’t. So she asked about another date. Nope. And another. No again. There was only one weekend in the Fall that was… Read More
Thankful For Surprises
The chaplain had the best intentions when he lowered my expectations this morning. He just wanted me to be prepared, to know that what was about to happen to me wasn’t personal. It happens to everyone. As about a thousand students took their seats in the gym and opened their… Read More