title: Come! Let's Journey Together: Coffee Table Tidbits, Tales and Testimonies
author: Dr. Charles T. Clauser
description: Reverend Charles T. Clauser and his wife Mary, ministered as Assemblies of God missionaries for over 25 years in the Philippines. Earlier in his life he taught instrumental music and served in college administration in the USA. His Ph.D. in music education was completed at the University of Iowa. They live in Maranatha Village, a retirement facility in Springfield, Missouri. His first book was entitled, Family and Friends, Together Forever; his second, book, Brother Shad's Dandelions. Dr. Clauser has served as contest chairperson with the Springfield Ozarks Chapter of American Christian Writers for five years.
zlib_text: # Like Banquo’s Ghost
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  On a hot, lovely fall day I drove out to Stardrive Laboratories. If all went
  well, that was the day the Snarkhunter #3 probe would send its final message
  from Alpha Centauri. The Times had assigned me to cover the event.
  
  
  
  
  
  There were coffee and donuts in the anteroom. A diverse lot milled about and
  introduced each other and shook hands and talked. Pretty secretaries moved
  briskly through the crowd. I recognized people I’d talked to when I was here
  two months ago, and one I knew only from his picture. Jubal Hendricks, Senior,
  had managed Stardrive Labs thirty years ago, when Snarkhunter #3 was launched.
  He’d retired just afterward, but here he was, emaciated and tottering, to
  watch his project’s end.
  
  
  
  
  
  I headed for the coffee table. The man everyone called Butch saw me coming and
  drew me a cup. He was five feet tall, the color of mahogany, his bright blond
  hair cut short in a butch cut.
  
  
  
  
  
  “How good to see you again, Mr. Lane!” He pumped my hand 