sacred journeys

Finally — I am jumping ship. Voxtropolis has been killing me of late.
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“Sixteen Candles,” “Pretty in Pink,” “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” and “The Breakfast Club,”
okay, if you are not my age (lets just say over 30 ) — you probably don’t remember them. Today, when I was giving latimes.com my quick perusal, I came across this article….
John Hughes’ imprint remains. He’s still revered in […]

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 […]

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 […]

At Elisabeth’s huge middle school that she attends, there are these ‘food vendors’ that just show up right before school ends. I assume that they are not licensed by the city, because they have abandoned grocery carts for stands.

But, just like clockwork every day — they get surrounded by kids buying their wares (corn on […]

My son Caleb emailed me this article. It is worth taking a look at the cost of conflict in the middle east, to the poorest of the poor, the ones who actually have to live in the middle of it all.
West Bank boys dig a living from settlers’ trash

Incline your ear, O Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and needy. Preserve my life, for I am devoted to you; save your servant who trusts in you. You are my God; be gracious to me, O Lord, for to you do I cry all day long. Gladden the soul of your servant, […]

…last night, received this email from Amy (someone who is an integral part of Kairos). She went to Virginia Tech & she got this email/prayer request from a good friend in Virginia. She gave her okay to post this, to have more people praying for Sean.
—–Original Message—–
From: Amy xxxxxxx [mailto: xxxxxx@gmail.com ]
Sent: Thursday, April […]

As I have been preparing to speak at Kairos this weekend, I read the following…
“In doing this, we of course are not just counting on our own cleverness & ability but stand in expectation of help from the Spirit of truth who is constantly at work in the disciples of Jesus. We do all we […]

you go into a Starbucks & you realize that it is a dual-function store. A Starbucks & a laundry mat all is one.
Michelle and I went out to get coffee & we wanted to explore a new part of L.A. about 10 minutes from our neighborhood.
So we stumbled upon a Starbucks where you couldn’t really […]