sacred journeys

” ….I am convinced there is no benefit in wanting things to be the way they used to be. God’s purpose and plan are always ahead of us. His grace is sufficient….” (from the book SELAH by Nancy Carmichael)

well, it is Caleb’s last game of the season today.

He made the JV team for the high school team, which was quite an accomplishment — considering there are close to 3,500 kids that go to that school. (and tons of kids play soccer!)
Speaking of the school (John Marshall High School) - from the outside, it […]

In the Christian context, we do not mean by a “mystery” merely that which is baffling and mysterious, an enigma or insoluble problem. A mystery is, on the contrary, something that is revealed for our understanding, but which we never understand exhaustively because it leads into the depth or the darkness of God. The eyes […]

“The logic of the universe fell into place-the logic of creation and of Jesus’ coming, the logic of your life and mine, of babies and baseball, of work and fishing, of romance and sex, the logic of woodworking and running a Cash and Carry store, of laughter and fellowship, of human history of life: it […]

Not sure how much (if anything) that have I mentioned regarding this, but our local neighborhood (East Hollywood) had an election for the neighborhood council a while back.

There was the seat on the council for a youth representative, and Caleb ran for that seat & won! I was so proud of him, that he was […]

I have a thing for Tim Keller - a pastor from NYC.

He and his ministry challenges and inspires me like no other. I would like our ministry here at Kairos to hopefully (without emulating) — glean the best from what they do and try to put that into practice here in Hollywood.
Anyway, I read today […]

“Scripture offers a story which is the story of the whole world. It is public truth.” — NT Wright

If we believe that what Luther meant for his posting of the 95 theses was just the start, and that he meant for the work of ‘reforming’ the church, was to go on & not stop (semper reformanda, “always reforming”) — then you will enjoy this quote:
“What a lot of people call church in America […]

“To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved.” (The Marquis of Lossie)
-George MacDonald (who looks more than just a little like Rasuptin )

I was reading today on CNN regarding the primaries or caucuses that are going on today. It said this about California:
“With so many electoral votes at stake, pundits say the state is crucial to picking either party’s nominee for president.”
Which was no surprise. But then it said something pretty shocking to me: “California’s economy is […]