Its about cotton candy...I spent the evening tonight with a room full of really wonderful people, at a Young Life evening. These folks really are the best of the best. The purpose of the get-together was to thank our supporters for their gifts of finances and prayer. To thank them, and nothing more. These folks … Continue reading This Remarkable Journey

A Sacrament...and a welcomingMore from the wonderful Peterson Interview in Christianity Today:In church last Sunday, there was a couple in front of us with two bratty kids. Two pews behind us there was another couple with their two bratty kids making a lot of noise. This is mostly an older congregation. So these people are … Continue reading Peterson Meets Real Life – Today Even!

From John Stott's Daily Thought:A universally acceptable Christian emblem would obviously need to speak of Jesus Christ, but there was a wide range of possibilities. Christians might have chosen the crib or manger in which the baby Jesus was laid, or the carpenter's bench at which he worked as a young man in Nazareth, dignifying … Continue reading A Symbol; The Cross

"It's learning how to die..."More on the interview with Eugene Peterson. Excerpts below:I don't want to suggest that those of us who are following Jesus don't have any fun, that there's no joy, no exuberance, no ecstasy. They're just not what the consumer thinks they are. When we advertise the gospel in terms of the … Continue reading Learning How to Die?

Drop everything, and go look at this.Warning, it is not for the squeamish, but it is, at least for me, such a wonderful example that God, and his people, are still at work bringing healing to the world. Make sure you hit the "morph" link at the end of the photos....it is wonderful. The morphed … Continue reading OK People, God is Still at the Healing Business

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I am involved with Young Life in my area. Young Life steps in where the church has failed to be relevant, and works in partnership with the church to introduce kids to Christ, and disciple them to new life in Him.In a way, I am like a walking billboard. It is my prayer that where … Continue reading I Wear This Baseball Cap…..

We need to see our world more clearly...

I go on and on about Christian American things, post them, and then, I find this. Go ahead, look. Steve (same name as me) lives in Burkina Faso, West Africa.I am shamed by the beautiful simplicity of this man's commitment to and love for Jesus.

The Wrong Kind of IntimacyAs I mentioned yesterday, I was thunderstruck by the thoughts of Eugene Peterson in this article in Christianity Today. More to discuss today:We've got to disabuse people of these illusions of what the Christian life is. It's a wonderful life, but it's not wonderful in the way a lot of people … Continue reading More Peterson – Misplaced Intimacy