by Uncle Bob Culver | Jun 8, 2018 | A Word to the Wise, Face to Face, Uncategorized
After graduating from Fuller Theological Seminary in 1972, my wife, Lynn, and I were excited to begin our first full-time formal ministry as Young Life staff in Columbia at the University of Missouri. I had 8 weeks to prepare for that assignment during which time I...
by Uncle Bob Culver | Jun 7, 2018 | A Word to the Wise, Bob's Bus Blog, Uncategorized
When was a demotion the best thing that happened to me? I wanted to earn money for college in a new environment at the beginning of June 1967. The previous summer I had worked at the luxurious Broadmoor Hotel earning about $5/hr, 5x the min wage. But I thought it was...
by Uncle Bob Culver | May 31, 2018 | Face to Face, Uncategorized
iFace celebrated its 27th annual retreat @ the world famous Valley Forge where General George Washington “retreated” his beleaguered army during the harsh 1777 winter of the Revolutionary War. His warriors followed him into battle because they saw he first...
by Uncle Bob Culver | May 18, 2018 | Bob's Bus Blog
Before I could guide thousands of international students on 7-10 day “cross county, cross cultural bus trips with the cross of Christ”, I had to learn how to lead myself out of harms way. As a typical adolescent—what my dad called a misguided youth—I was the type of...
by Uncle Bob Culver | Apr 19, 2018 | Bob's Bus Blog, Uncategorized
Taking a diversionary side trip from my methodical 8 pm – 8 am night watchman’s shift at my mother-in-law’s bedside, we hiked around the lake at her brother’s cabin in Nebraska. What’s the least expected thing you’d think you’d see beside a lake in a landlocked...
