Twenty years, Woman, twenty years...

My brother Scott told me "Bro, you won't believe it!  People are lined up down the block trying to get in here!"

Yes, 20 years ago Jodie and I packed the church on 39th & Brooklyn, St. Paul Lutheran.  We went to school together when we were very young, but then did not see each other for 16 years.  It was a very brief courtship...we just knew we were going to get married.

September 8, 1990 was the huge day.  It was only dampened by the news that my best friend, Erick Norlin, could not make it out from St. Louis.  His head was full of tumors and his doctor would not let him fly out.  We had been through a tough time together on World Christian magazine.  Had no idea that day that Jodie and I would have a son five years later...and a perfect name...dropping the "k".

Jodie & I were reminiscing at the changes in 20 years...our jobs, where we live, family and friends no longer with us.

Twenty years is a long time, but it does not seem that long ago.  Both of us were ready to give up on finding love.  God brought us together.

Jerilyn sang this song to open our wedding.  It describes our love then and our love today: