Gilson Family News

Our August newsletter is now online. Since writing that letter, I (Tom) have been to the meetings with Bright Media Foundation that we mentioned there.

Brad Bright, president of Bright Media Foundation, is a brilliant thinker and more importantly, deeply devoted to helping the world discover who God is and understand that God really is the issue that matters. We have an election approaching in the U.S. Part of Brad’s message is that whatever issues rise to the surface, our view of God is the foundation that lies underneath all of them. There is nothing that says more about a person than how they view God. He is currently revising a book, God Is the Issue, with hopes to mail copies to thousands of pastors before the election.

Our strategy sessions with his team were more positive even than we had expected. For me, one of the great victories was helping them decide not to do some things, so that they could focus on activities that will have the greatest impact.

I have a strong sense that you’ll be hearing about this from sources other than just us. They’re developing a website along with their publishing projects, and when it’s ready to go, I’ll let you know. It’s a bit early for that yet.

Meanwhile, since I travel a lot, I had some frequent flier miles available to share with our daughter, Lisa. She is still “best friends forever” with our former next-door neighbor in Orlando, and she was able to come along on this trip and spend a couple of days with Kelsey. We had some great daddy-daughter time, too!

And last Sunday was Youth Sunday at our church. Lisa sang in the choir, and Jonathan delivered one of the messages! Though it hasn’t been posted quite yet, be able to find it on the web soon at the church’s website.