sacred journeys

A couple of days ago, our kids’ school experienced a ‘lock-down’ because of a huge fight on the soccer field. To my understanding, it started between an African-American girl & an Armenian boy — but it escalated from there along ethnic lines. The African-Americans & Hispanics vs. the Armenians.
Here is an on-line article on the […]

God acts mercifully not by contradicting his justice but by doing what is over and above it …. Mercy does not displace justice; rather it is the fullness of justice.
- Thomas Aquinas — 1224-1274, Italian theologian and philosopher.

I used to be much more into politics. I read the Wall Street Journal editorial page ‘religiously’ for years, followed the Supreme Court rulings, knew how many Senators voted on many different bills, etc. etc.
I don’t know if I have grown more cynical over the years, or more wise , or maybe I feel […]

We heard about a soccer clinic that the L.A. Galaxy sponsored for ‘kids in the city’. (for any non-soccer people — the Galaxy are the professional soccer team here in LA)

So Caleb wanted to ask a friend from school — Rudy.

They had a blast. They did a bunch of drills, learned some things & got […]

When grave persons express their fear that England is relapsing into Paganism, I am tempted to reply, ‘Would that she were.’ For I do not think it at all likely that we shall ever see Parliament opened by the slaughtering of a garlanded white bull in the House of Lords or Cabinet Ministers leaving sandwiches […]

We fear so deeply what we think other people see in us, so we talk in order to straighten out thier understanding. … One of the fruits of silence is the freedom to let our justification rest entirely with God.- Richard Foster
from Celebration of Discipline

so, Caleb & I are going with about 20 guys from Kairos out into the wilderness in a couple of weekends. I don’t know if camping is the correct term — more like wilderness survival. We are going out hours from civilization, hike way out somewhere, we will make our own camp sites, leave no […]

 
“If what you are saying about emerging culture is true, how should I change my church?” A question like this seems almost inevitable when I speak to a group of ministers. A few seconds of silence usually follow as the others in the room dial in their attention to hear my response. In their […]

This is an interesting article from a pastor back in Minneapolis — David Johnson. Great guy, honest preacher, passionate man.
He asks a penetrating question, that I as someone in ministry - should ask more often. It challenged me today to assess what I think about transformation on a personal level, and in my church Kairos […]

Psalm 68:5 (the Message) Father of orphans, champion of widows, is God in his holy house.
Eugene Peterson says this….
The wicked demonstrate their power by oppressing the unfortunate and weak; our righteous God shows his power by dealing with the victim, the outcast, and the defenseless in compassion and love.
Prayer: O god, search out the weak […]