Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. (Exodus 20:12)

I’m writing you this blog from the Crooked Creek Ranch Retreat Center near Copper Mountain, Colorado, where I am joined by more than 450 fathers and sons representing thirty-seven states. The special occasion for our gathering is the 2005 Vision Forum Ministries Father and Son Discipleship Retreat. The event is co-sponsored by the wonderful families of Christian Home Educators of Colorado (CHEC).

Historically, these events have been among the most spiritually fruitful of all the ministry activities in which Vision Forum is privileged to participate. Please pray that God would continue to turn the hearts of fathers to their sons, and the hearts of sons to their fathers, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. I would also be grateful if you would pray that the Lord would bless us with an unusual outpouring of the Holy Spirit resulting in repentance, revival, and vision for the future.