Posted in General on Apr 30th, 2010
One sign that you have made success an idol is the false sense of security it brings. The poor and the marginalized expect suffering, they know what life on this earth is “nasty, brutish, and short.” Successful people are much more shocked and overwhelmed by troubles. As a pastor, I’ve often heard people from the [...]
Posted in General on Apr 27th, 2010
A fascinating article in the Boston Globe called “Separate truths” caught my eye yesterday after Ligon Duncan pointed it out via Twitter. Are all religions basically the same? Are Gods from different religions pretty much the same one? Can’t we all just get along? These are serious questions that deserve our examination. Stephen Prothero starts off [...]
Posted in General on Apr 25th, 2010
Last Sunday my church started handing out cardboard boxes for us to fill up with a grocery checklist of food necessities for the poor. We gave the ready-to-deliver “Food Paks” to Children’s Hunger Fund so that they could respond to needs in the Los Angeles community down near Grace Community Church, as well as across [...]
