sacred journeys

I walked down the street here today to grab a cup of coffee and snapped a couple of shots.
This one is an interesting one, with the cross above the sign which says ‘Self-realization fellowship - church of all religions’ (only in Hollywood)…

I think I am going to go in here one of these days, […]

I read this today in Eugene Peterson’s ‘Praying with the Psalms’ and it really spoke to me.
The Lord answer you in the day of trouble! The name of the God of Jacob protect you!
Give victory to the king, O Lord; answer us when we call.   –Psalm 20:1, 9
The psalm begins and ends with the […]

So, I got to fly to western Montana this past weekend to officiate a wedding for a Kairos couple — Amber and AJ. For whatever reason they really wanted me to do the ceremony, so they flew me out there.
Only been to Montana one other time — years and years ago, and […]

“Contemporary American churches in particular do not require following Christ in his example, spirit, and teachings as a condition of membership—either of entering into or continuing in fellowship of a denomination or a local church…. Most problems in contemporary churches can be explained by the fact that members have not yet decided to follow Christ.” […]

I have a friend Chad who is traveling to Haiti next week to connect with an orphanage down there, and to start up a partnership with this children’s home and with his church up in Minneapolis — The Urban Refuge. This church is one of the group of churches, that my old church (The […]

Looking out the window down Hollywood Blvd — when I should be paying attention at our staff meeting at JR’s place…

“One reason why we Christians argue so much about which hymn to sing, which liturgy to follow, which way to worship is that the commandments teach us to believe that bad liturgy eventually leads to bad ethics. You begin by singing some sappy, sentimental hymn, then you pray some pointless prayer, and the next thing […]

Sorry, I have been away — it has been extremely frustrating with my laptop lately. It seems that my 3 year old Compaq presario’s screen is dying, and so am borrowing an external screen to get by…. I was told that the problem might be “either a faulty connection between the inverter and the fluorescent […]