I've been pondering on odd connections today. I was browsing around on James White's youtube channel, and very useful and edifying it was too. I happened upon some videos from when Mr White came over to England and did a programme on one of our Christian channels on satellite telly.
It was one of the better channels, unsurprisingly, Revelation, which, although still airing plenty which is somewhat eyebrow-raising, has a wonderfully fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants approach to live programming. The man who runs it, Howard, is searingly honest, and very passionate about his faith - and committed, to the point of pain, to doing what he believes God is calling him to do, and that always impresses me.
A couple of years ago, he had asked viewers to phone in with suggestions for guests for their live programming. Unlike a lot of Christian programming, the live programming on Revelation has a real focus on reaching the unsaved, and you will often see discussions about Muslim beliefs, Jehovah's Witness beliefs and so on. It occured to me that James White would be an ideal guest, particularly to deal with the phone-in style of programme, so I phoned Howard one morning.
He was the only person in the office at the time, tired and answering phones himself. We had a lovely chat, and I tried to be as encouraging as possible, sharing James White's website address and suggesting that he would be a useful guest.
I have no idea if that groggy phonecall is the reason James White eventually appeared, especially as it was quite some time later that he did, but I did smile to myself today, in the midst of feeling discouraged myself, to think about all the odd little connections that link together.
6/30/2008
following a link trail...
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Greetings!
I had wondered where the contact had come from. I know they would like to have me on again, and, I'm pondering trying to get to London in November, so, who knows? But thanks for calling in. Though I was very tired that night (US Airways lost my luggage, and I was operating on very little sleep), it was an enjoyable time.
James White
www.aomin.org
Such a small world, Libbie.
:-)
Well, that was unexpected! If I had anything to do with it, you're very, very welcome!
Isn't it just, Carla? :-D
That certainly is a small world experience. I love coincidences and link trails. Heck, I get excited simply when I learn that two bloggers I read also happen to read each other (as happened earlier with you and Peter Ould). Blessings!
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