Lunch with Dick Kaufmann

On Monday, I got a call around 10 am from Dick Kaufmann asking if I had lunch open. There where a few things going on but nothing I could not rearrange. We met at 12:30 at Dakota's. There was the brief normal pleasantries and within a few minutes "it" started again. I say again, because back in March, I had my first lunch with Dick. "It" being deep, spirit filled conversations that can impact a persons direction in life. It is not forces on contrived, "It" just flowed out of him so naturally. I love the way Dick looks at life.

The conversation began with where to begin my ministry. He shared stories of hospitality toward neighbors. Not hospitality to manipulate neighbors into Christian fellowship, but hospitality for ends in itself. He unpacked the idea of "open houses" he and his wife Liz have practiced for years. Interesting side note is how his children, who are now grown and have children, are missionaries in their neighborhoods. It was something they caught early on in life. There was so much more, I wish I recorded our lunch.

This is just one of the many reasons why I am so thankful and blessed to be on staff at Harbor. The men and women I work with just ooze the gospel in all that they do.