Max Lucado

My wife and I were delighted when we received our May 2005 Reader's Digest and learned that the editors had selected Max Lucado as Best Preacher in America for the year 2005. Their words on page 158 are these:

"Don't expect much pulpit-pounding at Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Texas. 'I used to be louder and rougher on people,' says Max Lucado, 50, who's led the 5,000-member congregation since 1988. 'Now I realize how much God has forgiven me.' His belief in second chances is pretty personal: As a young man he struggled with drinking and drifted from his faith. After the Bible urged him back, he attended seminary, did mission work in Brazil, and began writing a series of Christian bestsellers. The overall message? 'God's in the business of giving mulligans,' he explains."

Max is a man of character, creativity, courage, and compassion. His most powerful supporters are his wife Denalyn, his three daughters Jenna, Andrea, and Sara, his staff, and a church with a huge heart for God and for people in all kinds of need--the Oak Hills forever family in San Antonio.

Max and family: we are so proud of you. We pray God's richest blessings on you. May he give you insights, boldness, just the right words at the right time, and daily assurance of his presence.

Love and peace in Christ,

John and Evelyn Willis