Posted in General on May 18th, 2010
I have Christian friends who refuse to challenge the misconceptions that non-Christians have about Christianity, because they would much rather be thought well of by not rocking the boat than to have anyone look down on them. I’ll be the first to admit that I’m just barely starting to learn what this should look like, [...]
Share on FacebookPosted in General on May 16th, 2010
Have you ever wondered how rich or poor you are compared to everyone else? You might be surprised when you see what percentage you fall under using the following website’s simple calculator, based on your annual income figure. I realize the statistics are from a couple years ago, but the point is not lost. www.globalrichlist.com [...]
Share on FacebookPosted 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 [...]
Share on FacebookPosted 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 [...]
Share on FacebookPosted in General on Dec 28th, 2009
The other night I had the privilege going back to serve some appreciative men and women in the Skid Row area of downtown Los Angeles. You really start to see your comfortable life in a different light when you’re talking with those who have no place of their own to rest their head. The best thing I [...]
Share on FacebookPosted in General on Dec 10th, 2009
I have no idea how to do justice in describing the message I just heard. Of all the media I view and pass along in my sometimes too-connected social-networking life, listen to this one if you could only pick one thing. I’m not going to trick you into thinking it’s short, because it’s an hour [...]
Share on FacebookPosted in General on Aug 19th, 2009
During a search for song lyrics centered around the theme of putting action to faith, I came across “Asleep in the Light” by Keith Green, which I’ve heard many times over the years (In fact, his “No Compromise” album was the first compact disc I purchased). This guy had a major impact as a musician, [...]
Share on FacebookPosted in General on Aug 12th, 2009
Back in June there was a phrase that Gunner used on rawchristianity.com, “argument from silence,” that caught my attention. He used it in reference to possibly our culture’s most powerful method of convincing us that God is not important. I’d like to briefly add to this suggestion that we, both as a whole culture and as [...]
Share on FacebookPosted in General on Jul 19th, 2009
The other day I heard something at work that just punched me in the face with a “What now?!” follow up. If you come at it from a similar viewpoint that I do, maybe it’ll strike a chord with you as well. The story behind this is that my company puts all of their employees [...]
Share on FacebookPosted in General on Jun 1st, 2009
Yesterday after my local church gathering I went with a couple friends down to Hollywood where a big group of mostly young people called Reality LA meet in Helen Berstein high school’s auditorium near Sunset Blvd and the 101 freeway. My local church in Santa Clarita, Copperhill, actually meets at a school as well, with no plans to [...]
Share on FacebookPosted in General on Apr 22nd, 2009
The other night I had the privilege of handing out food snacks and water that some friends and I collected for the homeless on the streets of Los Angeles. We went downtown to Skid Row area (also known as the Mission District), famous for the number of people living out on the streets. They all [...]
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