Tonight kicked off the Festival of Spiritual Formation 2014 Event and part of my emcee duties was to introduce Steve DeNeff. My intro was, let’s say: unconventional. Maybe even...
Scriptures pair the highest invincible qualities and titles of God with compassion for the lowest and vulnerable among us…. “For the Lord your God is God of gods and...
Nothing feels quite so irrelevant as those who earnestly pursue relevance. It’s like parents attempting to speak the slang of their teenagers. It’s your Algebra teacher using awkward hashtag...
[Caveat: this post is somewhat for people of “my tribe” and it may not relate well to “your tribe.” Take it with that grain of salt, and perhaps consider...
As the Mosaix Multi-Ethnic Conference began on November 5, 2013 in Long Beach, California, it was clear that it would not be like most conferences. At first glance you...
Today I’m recalling that Joseph in the book of Genesis was a victim of human trafficking. He also suffered injustices resulting from being an immigrant. Putting my feet in...
I wrote this letter to the editors of my local paper today. I hope they post excerpts of it soon: _______________________ August 29, 2013 Recently our Representative, Mrs. Susan...
This morning I was driving up to Chicago for meetings on Immigrant Ministry, in what has become, in my opinion, a spiritual successor to the Civil Rights Movement. Today...
Here are Some Things That Are Stuck in 1984… The A-Team: MTV’s Max Headroom: The Karate Kid: Van Halen’s “Jump”: Knight Rider: The 2013 Immigration Debate in Washington: The...
Recently Larry Salway, pastor of He Sapa, posted a wonderful video describing how his ministry to Native peoples has gone about restoring native protocols and respect in moving forward...
I am praying today specifically for the pastors and Churches located in Sacramento, Seattle, Tampa, & Portland… Less than a third of the population of each of these metro...
A fifth way to respond to Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Letter from Birmingham Jail is to be ever vigilant. Yes, I must start by celebrating and then confessing, which...