19 Years…And Counting

Posted on September 16, 2010 
Filed Under Focus on the Family, Focus on the Family Broadcast

In late July of 1991, I was pondering a job change. I was happy with my work managing two Christian radio stations in Texas. Our circumstances were close to ideal. We lived two blocks from my wife’s sister and her family. One set of grandparents – we had one child at the time – was only twenty minutes away. We were in a good church, had some wonderful friends and loved our neighborhood.

The offer was from Focus on the Family. To accept would mean moving to Colorado and leaving all that we had known as a young family.  There’d be some tears if we took on the challenge of a new job in a new city and state. That was a lot of upheaval to consider.

A complicating factor was that we were expecting the birth of a second child at any time.

Weighing the opportunity, we sought counsel from trusted friends and after considerable prayer and thought we decided to “go for it.”

Believe it or not, within hours of making the decision, Dena went into labor. In fact, Seth was born just eight hours after I made the call to accept the offer to join the Focus broadcast team. Only six weeks later, I was in Colorado starting the new job. That was 19 years ago today, and I’m still working on broadcasts, although in a different way than when I began in 1991.

God has given me some terrific, rewarding and fulfilling work these many years. What wonderful people I’ve worked with and met! I’m a blessed man.

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