A Weekend with the Hohnbergers

We just got home from a wonderful weekend with Jim and Sally Hohnberger. Jim Hohnberger is the author of a number of books on Christian living. His first book, Escape to God, describes their family's escape from the rat race of materialistic living to a closer walk with God in a remote mountain home. My husband and I read the book together. It's a wonderful book that made us long for a closer connection with God ourselves.

Parenting By the Spirit
Sally has written a number of books also and has messges on tape that we've listened to. There's a series of books on parenting children. I recently bought Parenting By the Spirit. If you're tired of losing your patience and want to learn how to direct your children to their loving Heavenly Father, you must read this book.

Man Managed or God Governed?
Over the course of the weekend, Jim shared how he had gone from being "man managed" to "God governed". Inclined to anger and overwork, he shared with us how God changed him into a loving, attentive, patient father and husband. The college students in the pew in front of me gushed and "a-a-a-hed" when he called Sally his queen!

Unshakeable Faith
Sally spoke to us about how God changed her from a softy, push-over, to a strong, secure woman with unshakeable faith in Christ. Sally shared that she had been terrified of bears when they first moved out to the mountains. But that changed when she learned to walk with God and really trust Him.

The Hohnbergers shared photos of their family visiting with bears (very close!) and deer in their back yard.

Walking With God as Enoch Did
The weekend was incredibly inspirational. I do believe we can teach our children to trust God and know Him as Enoch did. I saw proof in the Hohnbergers that that kind of relationship really is possible. I believe that's the kind of relationship God wants us all to have with Him.

For more info about the Hohnbergers and their ministry, visit: http://www.empoweredlivingministries.org/