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Help Keep Ozark Messy
Date: October 1, 2023In 1999, with kid #3 on the way, Katie and I bought a house, not fancy but clean. (I grew up in a very neat home, and I still like tidy.) In 2007, with kid #6 on the way, we knocked out the back wall, added on, and it’s never been clean since.
President's Letter , 2023-2024 -
$5.9 Million Goal Achieved
Date: September 16, 2023My wife Katie and I have six kids, and when we completed a family project—clearing trees, building a shed, putting up fence—we celebrated. This almost always involved ice cream.
President's Letter , 2023-2024 -
Some Places Are Made for Matchmaking
Date: June 15, 2023I laughed out loud at the headline: “Bible College to Provide Complimentary Wives to Unmarried Ministry Graduates.”
President's Letter , 2022-2023 -
A Middle-Aged Man, Middle C, and the Middle East: How One Bible Promise Ties Them All Together
Date: March 15, 2023My 29-year-old son Luke sent me a book last week: From Strength to Strength by Arthur Brooks. The book’s subtitle? Finding Success and Purpose in the Second Half of Life. But the back cover suggests an alternate subtitle: The Good News About Your Inevitable Decline.
President's Letter , 2022-2023 -
A Life-Changing Lesson
Date: December 15, 2022This is the story of a tall, dark-haired German…a short, Missouri redhead…a big, silver dishwasher...and a life-changing lesson.
President's Letter , 2022-2023 -
Alaska Fishermen, Police Officers, Coal Miners, and...a Bible College President?
Date: October 15, 2022If there were a reality TV show about a Bible college president, would you watch it?
President's Letter , 2022-2023 -
How a Helicopter Hat Shapes Kingdom Leaders
Date: August 1, 2022I’ll call this story, “How a Helicopter Hat Shapes Kingdom Leaders,” and before the story begins, here’s where it ends: I’ll ask for your help in covering more kingdom leaders’ heads.
President's Letter , 2022-2023 -
March Forth: A Tribute to Gail Boatman
Date: July 7, 2022In the entry hallway of the Proctor house stands a beautiful wood tea cart which, before it was gifted to us, belonged to former OCC First Lady Gail Boatman.
President's Letter , 2022-2023 -
Bring the Truck to the Hay
Date: April 14, 2022“It’s easier to bring the truck to the hay than the hay to the truck.”
President's Letter , 2021-2022