by Jon Pratt | Jun 5, 2026 | In the Nick of Time
Please travel back in time with me many, many ages ago to the First Baptist Church of Granite Falls, MN. The day is June 3, 1961. Along with family members and friends and in the presence of God, Ray Pratt and Marie Pates exchanged wedding vows, promising lifelong...
by Kevin Bauder | Nov 7, 2025 | In the Nick of Time
The campus sweltered in late August of 1973. I was seventeen. Registering for my first semester of college, I needed my faculty advisor’s signature. He was a new prof, somebody I’d never heard of. But even though I was only a lowly freshman, George...
by Jon Pratt | Feb 9, 2024 | In the Nick of Time
One of the favorite books in my library is a festschrift written in honor of Larry Pettegrew (published by Shepherds Press in 2022). I value it so highly not because of its content (though the 14 essays are certainly noteworthy) but because of the personal note of...
