sacred journeys

You are driving down Hollywood Blvd in December & you see this….

Actually, I am posting this for the sake of a few friends in Minneapolis, among them being Dan & Heather. My family and I huddled around my laptop today & looked at many of the pictures that they have posted on their blog. We […]

Vermont Royster’s annual Christmas message.

Tuesday, December 25, 2007 12:01 a.m. EST This editorial was written in 1949 by the late Vermont Royster and has been published annually (in the WSJ) since.
When Saul of Tarsus set out on his journey to Damascus the whole of the known world lay in bondage. There was one state, and […]

I pray that the truths of Advent will bring joy, hope, and peace to your heart this year. On this Christmas Eve, let me offer just a few of them for your consideration.
Because of Christmas, if you have lost a loved one in Christ this year, be assured that you will one day be together […]

“The great Christian revolutions come not by the discovery of something that was not known before. They happen when somebody takes radically something that was always there.” –H.Richard Niebuhr

I dont know why, but for the last couple of years I have been tracking the political, economic and spiritual situation in Zimbabwe very closely. I love foreign policy, and Caleb and I talk about foreign policy a lot - but I am not sure if that is the only reason.
I think it has more […]

From the LA Times:
“Only in Los Angeles would the news of the murder of a 14 year old girl be relegated to rarely read and seen Homicide Report. In most cities across America this would make Head-Line news, but in the gang capital, bearly a whisper is heard. How has this type of situation come […]

So, I have been reading through Titus here lately, and at the very beginning of the book — there is an interesting thought (in the Message bible). I have never quite thought of it this way before…
“I, Paul, am God’s slave and Christ’s agent for promoting the faith among God’s chosen people, getting out the […]

So last night at Kairos, we had our 1st baby dedication since we moved out here a year ago.
A prayer for Lukas, Oliver, Liam, & Lukas - to be prayed over them:
God we pray that they will have your wisdom in their heads,
their eyes will see your glory,
their ears will hear your words,
their mouths will […]

So one of the benefits of the kids going to LAUSD schools, is that at times they get unbelievable cultural opportunities. One such opportunity here last week was Caleb got to go to the LA Opera’s performance of La Boheme.

He said that where he sat, the teacher mentioned that the seats were $200/seat.
Speaking of opera […]