Memories of Minnesota

Greg Koukl recently did a podcast on his experience with Francis Schaeffer.

I sent him this note:

Dear Greg,
I loved your podcast on Schaeffer. At the time you met FS, I was reading him. In fact, I was reading him at the same time I was reading Jaspers and Heidegger. I dismissed FS as a 'populariser'. It took me but a short time to learn that I was the dummy and he was the smartie (if nothing else a dummy for wasting my time on J and H). I came into the orbit of L'Abri here in Australia and met my wife there. Prior to our wedding, she spent some time at Heumoz.

Later we visited L'Abri in Rochester Minnesota. I have a memento from that visit. As you know, we all do some work at L'Abri. One of my jobs was to mow Mrs Schaeffer's lawns. Doing that I picked up an old keyring from the 1992 Superbowl, lying in the grass on the sidewalk. Nice memories. And ironically I have no interest in sport whatsoever!

I'm part way through your Youtube video on the problem of evil: the 'problem of no-love'.

One of the things I've puzzled about is why God chose to make us morally significant. The reason is of course to enable true relationships.

But why? I think the reason is for our enjoyment of him...for OUR enjoyment!! Nothing is better than to truly know God, and it is a far better thing for even a few of us to know him than no one knowing him at all.