Transistors and Transitions

Listening to the Radio, courtesy of the Library of Congress

Saturday was graduation–my last graduation as a full-time faculty member of the Moody Bible Institute.  Earlier this month I handed in my resignation to the Dean of the Faculty in order to return to Moody Radio.  Beginning July 1st, I will be a full-time piece producer for Prime Time America. 

Over the last 18 months I have produced 1 or 2 pieces a month (many of these pieces have been featured here) and have come to realize how much I enjoy this type of work.  However, the main difference between what I have been doing and this new position is that I am supposed to be doing a piece everyday instead of a few “when I have time.”  That is a tall order.  However, I am looking forward to the challenge.

One of the frustrations for me as a professor of radio studies has been that many of the things that God has been doing in our life as a family were not easily brought into the classroom–importance of family worship, the benefits of following God’s plan for the family, etc.  One of the benefits of this new position is the opportunity to bring these ideas to my work–I’m going to be paid to tell others about these issues (and a whole lot more). 

While we are nervous about some of the realities of making this transition (no more “summer vacation”), we are also very excited about the possibilities that it will afford in reaching a broader audience with topics that are significant for families in the Moody Radio audience.

Please pray with us as we begin this new adventure as a family.

From Psalm 78

 1 Give ear, O my people, to my law;
         Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
 2 I will open my mouth in a parable;
         I will utter dark sayings of old,
 3 Which we have heard and known,
         And our fathers have told us.
 4 We will not hide them from their children,
         Telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD,
         And His strength and His wonderful works that He has done.
         
 5 For He established a testimony in Jacob,
         And appointed a law in Israel,
         Which He commanded our fathers,
         That they should make them known to their children;
 6 That the generation to come might know them,
         The children who would be born,
         That they may arise and declare them to their children,
 7 That they may set their hope in God,
         And not forget the works of God,
         But keep His commandments;
 8 And may not be like their fathers,
         A stubborn and rebellious generation,
         A generation that did not set its heart aright,
         And whose spirit was not faithful to God.