John Yeats

There are some things you don’t think about too much when you announce you’re transitioning to a new ministry. One is your library. After more than 53 years of ministry, I have accumulated a few books. I’ve had the privilege of either church-provided space or, as a state missionary, I enjoyed a separate room filled with shelves attached to my office for my library.

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary tells us the word “appreciate” primarily means “a feeling or expression of admiration, approval or gratitude.” When you value something, someone, or a certain behavior, you want to say something. As they used to say a few decades ago, “You gotta let it out.” Express yourself when you sense value in someone who has blessed you or encouraged you, or maybe someone you see that just needs to be blessed by your words.

The Pathway is not just one thing it is a potpourri of many things.Often its stories are like a pleasant scent—there’s just something special about God’s people on mission with Him. Potpourri is that dried, good smelling stuff in a jar or a cannister that you drag out of the closet or cabinet to fill a room with the aroma of the season.