Serving Bread

Last Monday night, I found out that I had to report to court on Tuesday morning for Jury Duty. I have always wanted to be selected, and you would think that I would have been glad to go. But not this time. Maybe there is never a good time to do my civic duties, but [...]

I came across an article in “Fortune” about hotelier Ian Schrager (“Fortune”, November 26, 2007, Page 44). As chairman and CEO of his own company in the hotel industry, he is a busy man. “Fortune” interviewed him regarding how his work habits that I thought were helpful and insightful. First, he manages accesses of communication. [...]

Over our Thanksgiving holiday weekend, we had a chance to enjoy a new soundtrack in our lives. I’m thinking we can easily release an album with the hit single, “ABC”!

The media has been painting a gloomy picture of the US economy. There is a credit crunch (people who need credit can’t get credit), a housing slump (people who need to sell their homes can’t), and consumers are holding back in spending their money during the holiday season. Friday was black Friday—the traditional start of [...]

“Eddy, you need a bigger house!” Kaitlyn told me in response to our dinner guests. Maybe she’s right. On Monday, we hosted a Thanksgiving Feast for our community of students. Over 50 people packed into our home for food and fun. Because it was potluck style, students brought most everything except the meat. I cooked [...]

I recently caught a news story about yet another sex scandal that has rocked a church. Worshipers at Cathedral of the Holy Spirit at Chapel Hill Harvester Church have recently learned that their founding pastor (now 80) was involved in several extra-marital relationships during his tenure. At their height, the church had 10,000 people a [...]

(Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V) (The article in its entirety is found in the Resources section) BEST PRACTICES As I mentioned in the footnote above, there are many definitions for intercession and this paper is by no means a final or complete word on the subject. My hope through this [...]

Of course, there is great gain in godliness combined with contentment; for we brought nothing into the world, so that we can take nothing out of it; but if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these. But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many [...]

I heard a great quote over the weekend at an InterVarsity sponsored Leadership Conference. The speaker quoted Peter Drucker (one of the foremost experts on the study of leadership) as saying, “there may be ‘born leaders,’ but there surely are far too few to depend on them.” Drucker’s quote addresses the question that may comes [...]

Last night, I got a phone call from one of our core InterVarsity students and close friend Yemi (affectionately known as Sky). He is a board member of The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and had been asked to speak at City Hall on the one year anniversary of the Michael [...]