The Wonderful Option of Adoption When our son Randy was close to a year and a half old, we prayed for God’s guidance in adopting another child. At that time we were living in Eugene, Oregon, serving at Norvale Park…
Author: Rick Deighton
The Attitude of Gratitude Revisited
The Attitude of Gratitude Revisited Recently as I was searching through some old papers, I found a few left-over copies of Della’s article for our July 2007 Prayer Letter. Although there have been many distinct, even drastic changes in world…
Trust in Transition – A Challenge, Exhortation and Encouragement
Trust in Transition A Challenge, Exhortation and Encouragement Important Truths to Remember – Continued from our May Prayer Letter Tests and trials are an essential part of training! Satan will use these tests as temptations to wonder, worry and waver.…
Transition Time
Transition Time We’re out of business! (Well, almost.) On May 1st we signed the papers for Tim Dunlop (Bright Ideas Lighting) to buy Rick Deighton Lighting. Tim has agreed to sub-contract for us on finishing the retrofit bids we already…
Love – A Many Splendored Thing – or a Many Splintered Thing?
Love – a Many Splendored Thing – or a Many Splintered Thing? Last month when a good friend glanced at the title for our lead article in our prayer letter, he misread it “a many splintered thing.” His response is…
Love is a Many Splendored Thing
“Love Is a Many Splendored Thing” Amen! Some of you will probably remember this classic love song about romantic love which had such an inspiring melody that it was later transformed into a Christian song about the love of God.…
A Tribute to and Insight from R.C. Sproul
A Tribute to and Insight from R.C. Sproul The renowned R.C. Sproul, Christian apologist, author, pastor-teacher, and professor, died of pulmonary disease on December 14 – just last month. Here are a few words that I wrote about him for…
The Man Upstairs?
December 2017 “The Man Upstairs”? Have you heard the expression, “the man upstairs,” in reference to God? I want to ask anyone using this expression, “Do you mean the One who is Lord of lords and King of kings –…
Most Richly Blessed
November 2017 Most Richly Blessed Rick Deighton Many of you have probably encountered this poem sometime in your earthly journey: I asked for strength that I might achieve greater things; He made me weak that I might do better things.…
October 2017 – Mission Trip
October 2017 A Note from Della Thank you once again for your prayer support for Rick as he is in Ukraine. He called me a couple of times while he and Tony VanManen were “on the go” (waiting for trains,…