I blogged here when we received the news that my mom was diagnosed with Stage IV Inflammatory Breast Cancer. If you've had ANY experience in this, you know the battle she has had in the last several months. Enduring chemotherapy. nausea. dehydration. and on and on. We've also had a setback when the doctor decided [...]
кухненски столове Get ready to leave the Youniverse. A few days ago, I jumped into Len Sweet and Frank Viola’s Jesus Manifesto with both feet. No, I didn’t get a free advanced copy like some of my other, much cooler friends. But no matter. What happens when a society (or The Church) is forced to wrestle [...]
"In order to achieve intimacy with Jesus, without a commitment to Jesus, at least one of us would have to be a whore." -Tom Cottar, over coffee
"Reminding ourselves of the gospel is the most important daily habit we can establish. If the gospel is the most vital news in the world, and if salvation by grace is the defining truth of our existence, we should create ways to immerse ourselves in these truths every day. No days off allowed." -CJ Mahaney, [...]
Early this morning, our staff got together and visited in young man in the hospital named Chris, who is continuing to fight for life against Leukemia. He’s an amazing young man who , after being diagnosed in high school, has followed hard after Jesus while his body is being ravaged with disease. After months [...]
If I affirm myself as a Catholic merely by denying all that is Muslim, Jewish, Protestant, Hindu, Buddhist, etc., in the end I will find that there is not much left for me to affirm as a Catholic: and certainly no breath of the Spirit with which to affirm it. - Thomas Merton, from his book, Conjectures [...]
As I posted before, sometimes ridiculous things done in the name of God make my head want to explode. Things like wars. Boycotts. Televangelism. This time, we're spinning our socks over our heads as an act of worship, while channeling the 80's New Wave/dance pop group Dead or Alive. *warning: may cause nausea. I wonder what [...]
I’m afraid many Christians see the Holy Spirit like some kind of spiritual appendix: they’re not really sure why he’s there in the first place. And if it was removed, we’d probably get along just fine. Most of us believe we need the Holy Spirit’s power when we worship God, but we’ve minimized [...]
A young single mom came to my office yesterday. A young mother of two who is not plugged into our ministry, but simply ‘saw the cross’ on top of the building from across town and made her way to find someone to talk to. I just happened to be in the hallway when she [...]
People will always do ridiculous things in the name of God. Things like wars. Things like book burnings. And televangelism. And I try not to criticize, because I know I do some really stupid things with great sincerity. But sometimes I see something and my head wants to explode. There are so many things wrong [...]