Tag Archives: witnessing

Six things to remember about coming alongside

Posted on July 12, 2022 by jwfisch

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) I am normally not a fan of ten steps to this or five steps to do that, but I recently came up with these six things to remember about being … Continue reading →

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Don’t give up on anyone

Posted on March 4, 2022 by jwfisch

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) It’s time for this one again. You don’t want to ever forget this! My wife, Marti, loves to tell the story of a dramatic rescue in which she played a … Continue reading →

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‘You really gotta get out more’

Posted on October 6, 2021 by jwfisch

Thanks to Sandy, Toni, Gail, Nick, John, Liz, Lyn, Phillip, Merlyn, Bob, Lisa and Jill for their comments on yesterday’s Catch. As Phillip pointed out, we are all very busy and don’t always get to all our emails so that … Continue reading →

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Tears for fears

Posted on May 27, 2021 by jwfisch

In April of 2007, I published an article about Francis Schaeffer in Christianity Today magazine. For our younger readers, Francis Schaeffer had a unique ministry to young intellectuals graduating from college in the late 1960s and early ‘70s. Many of … Continue reading →

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Craters of the Moon National Monument

Posted on August 14, 2020 by jwfisch

“Visit the moon without leaving Idaho,” reads the cover of one of the brochures for Craters of the Moon National Monument in Idaho, a place Chandler and I visited on our recent trip. It’s a fascinating place with over 53,000 … Continue reading →

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More than a bumper sticker faith

Posted on June 17, 2020 by jwfisch

We need to have some new answers. If someone asks if you are a Christian today, your answer is going to depend a lot on what that person thinks a Christian is. Based on that, you might want to say … Continue reading →

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All together now

Posted on May 15, 2020 by jwfisch

Can you find the Christians in this picture? No? Good. As far as I can tell, this is a picture of a bunch of sheep and goats together in a big herd. And when you see them all together like … Continue reading →

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a sacrificial poet

Posted on April 16, 2020 by jwfisch

    This is the logo for one of the open mic’s John attends. John wants to welcome any Chicago visitors to “The Catch,” and thank them for welcoming him into their community.     John Shirk is a missionary to … Continue reading →

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Living bridges

Posted on March 5, 2020 by jwfisch

[Today Marti reminds us of our mission.] For as long as I have known John, which is more years than I care to admit, he has sought to create bridges among people within the church to those out beyond its … Continue reading →

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How Grace Turned Outward gives you a head start with everybody.

Posted on February 7, 2020 by jwfisch

With the country split in half and everyone getting meaner, what an opportunity for grace turned outward! We are offering the anti-thesis to everything brewing in society. Wherever you are, from the mail room to the executive offices, you are … Continue reading →

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