Before becoming a father, I had no idea how much time I’d spend trying to help exhausted babies fall asleep. One July, the night before leaving to go ride in the Agony, I was up until 2 AM with a wide-awake baby daughter. I’ve gone for desperate drives with my little son at 4 AM, knowing the movement of the car could lull him to sleep, but fearing I would fall asleep first! But it isn’t just infants that struggle to get the rest they need. I think we all do. More than three quarters of...

September 8th marked 55 years of ministry at Christian Encounter. Staff, students, and interns gathered together to look back at what the Lord has done and hear stories of God’s guidance and faithfulness in the early years. But we don’t have to look to the distant past to see clear examples of the Lord’s care for this ministry. Last December we made a fundraising push for $45K for the down payment on a house to use as a Guys’ Transition House. We far surpassed our goal as a total of...

I’m happy to introduce Jackie Turner as our new Outreach Coordinator, and some of you may recognize her. Jackie is stepping into the role formerly held by Zach Malech, who is preparing to go to the mission field in Japan. She first set foot here as a student in 2008, returned as an intern in 2013, and has now joined our staff team. N: Jackie, we first met in February of 2010, the day I arrived as an intern. You were a senior student and approaching the end of your time in the program. How...