sacred journeys

So the other day Pastor Ed, from Hope Church (who pastors a church here in the Hollywood neighborhood who we partner with on a # of things, and who has become a mentor in many way to me), calls me up & says he needs to be at a funeral the next day and asks […]

I know, I know — I probably talk too much about my family, but here goes again. Caleb just got done with one Hollywood neighborhood soccer league, and now the high school season is starting for him. It is a great way for him (& for the family) — to meet people in the area, […]

“Wherever you go, be all there. Live to the hilt every situation you believe to be the will of God.” -Jim Elliot

I want to say thanks to the Kairos community. You have welcomed & blessed my family since day one when we arrived here in LA. Thank you. This place & church has allowed our family to minister together in different ways & we are grateful.
- I think of the 16 or so people that we […]

I love LA! & at times, it drives me crazy.
One of the things that I love about LA is the Metro.

Now, to be sure, it should be way more extensive for the 2nd most populous city in America, but from Hollywood — if you want to get downtown — it is great. One of my […]

…have been getting to know a local watch repairmen / antique dealer — Ben. He is from Lebanon, and he has been educating me regarding the situation in Lebanon that is currently going on.

He is a great guy, who likes thick Lebanese coffee, and loves talking and interacting about many things, foreign policy being […]

Psalm 136:26 O give thanks to the God of heaven, for his steadfast love endures forever.
The phrase ‘his steadfast love endures forever’ has been repeated 26 times in this psalm. Will the repetitions dull our minds into a pious stupor? Or will they condition the reflexes of our spirits to respond with quick praise […]

Some thoughts on thanksgiving by Pastor Andy McQuitty:
“It’s a bit counter-intuitive, but the deepest thanksgiving comes when times are hardest. Deprivation highlights what still remains, and loss reminds us of what is truly worth having. Thus we have the paradoxical inversion in which the richest and most well-off struggle to be thankful, while those who […]

Psalm 135
15 The idols of the nations are merely things of silver and gold,
shaped by human hands.
16 They have mouths but cannot speak,
and eyes but cannot see.
17 They have ears but cannot hear,
and noses but cannot smell.
18 And those who make idols are just like them,
as are all who trust in them.
There are some kinds […]

Our church neighbors only 2 blocks down (The ‘church’ of Scientology)

- had all sorts of tents out in their parking lots set up a few days back. I was not sure if they were holding ‘revivals’ down there or not.

If I would have time, I would have wandered down there to check it out.
Who knows, […]