Need suggestions where to send help?

One of the neat things about christians of all stripes and varieties is their ability to work together in the face of tragedy.
If you are a looking for a possible ministry to support to help out with disaster relief, click here and here and here.
The three links will take you to the Church [...]

Don’t forget our brothers along the Gulf Coast">Don’t forget our brothers along the Gulf Coast

As the nation witnesses the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, thousands are asking FOX News Channel how they can help.
The American Red Cross is taking donations to help the thousands of victims at http://www.redcross.org/donate/donate.html.
Following is a list of other Web sites offering disaster relief information:
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Phone: 1-800-621-FEMA
http://www.fema.gov/
Louisiana Homeland Security
http://www.ohsep.louisiana.gov/
City of New Orleans
http://www.cityofno.com/portal.aspx
Louisiana Governor’s [...]

Darfur in the news

1. UN High Commissioner Pleads for Urgent Sudan Development Aid
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres has promised to “tell the chiefs of the rich people� in the world that more must be done urgently to improve the lives of the millions of people in Africa.
2. The U.N.’s Chance to Act on Genocide
3. Current [...]

The “Night Commuters” Uganda’s Forgotten Children of War">The “Night Commuters” Uganda’s Forgotten Children of War

Bruno Stevens offers a photo essay highlighting the forgotten children of Uganda.
Here is the article and link:
“Since 1986, over 30,000 boys and girls have been abducted in Northern Uganda and forced to become soldiers, laborers and sex slaves. These children are taken by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a rebel group that has waged war [...]

Revelation for my teens

Tonight was week 3 of our weekly home Bible study with our teens that can make it. We are studying the book of Revelation. Alot of our kids have questions about the end times, and especially about the picture that emerges in Revelation.
So, we have spent the last three weeks doing some ground work [...]

What’s the difference between being religious and being spiritual?

Consider the Pharisees for a moment. Jesus referred to them as “white washed tombs, full of dead mens bones.” Outwardly they looked alive, but inwardly they were dead.
I think the fundamental difference between being religious and spiritual is this: Religion is about the externals, and being spiritual is a truer picture of the self, one [...]

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Gas prices on the rise again, I hear. Hmm, seems it is almost time to start walking to work. I am thinking of buying a horse.
I miss the days when gas was under a dollar. I don’t know if those days will ever come back. Until then, freinds, might as well put on your [...]

Random rundown of the week.

It’s been a busy week. I helped out with a funeral yesterday at church. A dear brother in Christ passed away unexpectedly this past week. Those that attended his funeral was a testimony to the power of his life and his enduring freindships. He certainly will be dearly missed.
I have preached a couple of [...]

Where I’ve allowed my self to go

The problem with authenticity is that those who try to be authentic open themselves up for the world to see into their pain and grief. I want this blog to be such a place. I love Jesus with all my heart, but know that I am not the perfect youth minister, husband, or father. I [...]

Compartmentalizing faith…

The last couple of days we’ve looked a little at the circumstances in the Colossian church. They at one time had no doubt had a personal faith in a very real Jesus, but things changed as an element of a contingent of false teachers who were successful in their endeavor to derail the Colossians.
But [...]