I can't remember what year it was -- probably '93 -- one of the early years of PK selling out a select handful of major stadiums around the country. I was then publications manager of PK and sat in the press box listening to Bruce Wilkinson rivet the sold out crowd with a demonstration of the "three" or maybe it was "four chairs" of a Christian walk. The men at the Palace were visibly moved and even spellbound and Wilkinson spoke with power and anointing. I was scheduled to interview him shortly after he stepped off the stage, and as he arrived in the press box the worship band launched into a beautiful set of praise songs. Men were immediately on their feet, hands raised, eyes closed, immersed in God's presence; Wilkinson had begun to answer one of my questions when he immediately closed his eyes, his face literally glowing, and with evident joy and loud laughter began to worship; he was on a spiritual cloud after being on stage and God's presence filled the upper reaches of the Palace at Auburn Hills. For the next ten minutes the stadium was electrified. Tears filled my eyes, as they did Wilkinson's, and we were unable to do anything but simply worship, hands held high, the Lord Who Reigns on High,. That sense of God's potent, intimate touch and presence, in the close company of a man like Bruce Wilkinson (who hadn't yet become a household name) rested on me the rest of the weekend and beyond, and remains one of the many mountaintop memories of the early days of Promise Keepers.

David Halbrook