Serving Bread

Dear President Bush: It is not politically expedient to ask an Arab country to model itself after Israel. Our success in Iraq must not be measured by the enemy’s ability to get a car bombing into the evening news. No matter how good the security, terrorists will always be able to explode a bomb on [...]

Thanks to my enrollment in a “Missions’ History” class through Fuller Seminar, I am even more fascinated by the history of the expansion of the church. Friends, our history is rich: at times beautiful and at times embarrassing. An interesting theme that has come to surface is the role that renewal movements play in the [...]

Why do [tag]immigrants[/tag] come to the United States? There are many factors and answers to this question. Some come for a better life. Some come for family. Some come for political asylum. And some come for jobs. As I mentioned in the previous post, scripture is full of stories of migrating people. In [tag]Ruth[/tag] 1, [...]

Just got a tip that all books on the 27th and 28th at John Piper’s Desiring God are $5. If you have not read the classic Desiring God, this is your chance to pick it up for cheap!

Dealing with government is swimming (rather drowning) in bureaucracy. Whether it is trying to get through to someone in LAUSD (4 phonecalls and still waiting for a response) or trying to get a passport, government leads me to conclude that it is an entity that we have to try to fight to get what we [...]

All leaders need mentors. The leaders who claim that they have it all together and believe that they have a lot to give but nothing to receive are probably suffering from some form of narcissism. Regardless of age, effective leaders learn from others. I am always impressed when the people I respect the most, are [...]

This is my second [tag]book giveaway[/tag], where I will give away a book (free to you, including free shipping). If you would like to win the [tag]free book[/tag], all you have to do is respond to my post on your blog (if you have one) or in a comment response (if you do not have [...]

UPDATE: I have uploaded a devotional guide inspired by Mulholland’s book. You can also it in the Resources section, by clicking the tab above. I just finished reading M. Robert Mulholland Jr.’s The Deeper Journey. Mulholland and his book have been walking alongside me on my Sabbaths for the past three months. Mulholland approaches spiritual [...]

How do you define [tag]illegal immigration[/tag]? What do you imagine when you hear the term “illegals”? You probably are picturing someone crossing the border in the Arizona desert, trying to evade authorities in white vans. But according to the Pew Hispanic Center, as much as 45% of the people who are in the United States [...]

Get in a room with two LAUSD employees, and you will be quickly swept into the vortex of despair and complaints regarding this behemoth of an organization. From time to time I try to find some hope that this organization can function with an approval rating better than the President, but that might be just [...]