Serving Bread

(Part I, Part II, Part III) BIBLICAL CASE STUDY In Numbers 13, Moses sends out 12 spies to scout the land that God has given to them. These spies see how rich the land is and they recognize that the land is a gift from God to the Israelites. As they spy out the land, [...]

In the last couple of weeks, we have launched a small group at Pierce Community college. Now I had vision to plant a ministry at a community college in the San Fernando Valley when I first came to Cal State Northridge. In fact, I thought that after we get things up and running at CSUN, [...]

This post is dedicated to nerds everywhere. I can count on one hand (two fingers) the number of times I stood in line, waiting for the opening of a product launch. The first one was nearly ten years ago for the opening of Star Wars: Episode 1. The second one was on Friday. I stood [...]

One of my privileges is that of choice. When you think of nearly half the world living on less than $2 a day, you realize they have very few choices on how to spend or steward their money. At $2 a day, the money will be spent for the very bare essentials—food, water and shelter. [...]

(Part I, Part II) TWO CHOICES When we confront discouragement, we have two choices—either to turn to intercession or to turn to hopelessness. And each path will lay a set of consequences. From experience, hopelessness tends to be the default mode for me. In other words, it takes more energy, discipline and intentionality to choose [...]

On Monday, we had our first small group at Pierce College. I believe InterVarsity had a presence at Pierce (perhaps 40 years ago) but it had disengaged from the campus for many years now. The young student leader looked nervous at first (especially since the door to the meeting room was locked), but she worked [...]

As a campus ministry leader, I recognize I have positional authority in the lives of people. My title as “Team Leader” attracts certain responsibilities and certain authority from people who are under my leadership. For example, I often find people I don’t know very well ask for my advice and guidance. Positional authority or leadership [...]

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(Part I) THE GIFT OF INTERCESSION But rather than turn to hopelessness when confronted by discouragement, we can turn to intercession. By going to God, we gain truth. We gain truth about the situation. We may see spiritual realities and have a much better and informed perspective about the situation at hand and the realities [...]

(Disclaimer: this post is not geared to those in poverty, because for many who are in poverty, more money may be one of several needed solutions to escape poverty. This post is geared to the rest of us who are rarely content or satisfied with our income.) Andrew Carnegie was once asked how much money [...]