I’m learning how to serve. I believe the western church needs to learn how to serve. As the ministry that we work for is getting ready for summer work teams to come out, I am helping to prepare training materials for hosting those groups. As I reminisce of experiences of different groups, I have to admit, some memories make my stomach turn. One short-term mission group that was in Seattle after spending time on the Yakima reservation was approached by a homeless man begging for money, and one of the leaders grilled him in a way that really tore at his dignity. Or there was a group that came to the rez and one of the [...]

Lukewarmness is stated to be the object of God's disgust and aversion; zeal and love, on the other hand, are the objects of His favor and delight. The taking away of the heart of stone, and the implanting of a warmer and more tender nature in its stead is specifically promised as the effect of His returning favor and the work of His renewing grace. - William WiberforceReference:Wilberforce, W. (2007). Wilberforce: Greatest works. Orlando, FL: Bridge-Logos.

In addition to my studies, I have been working on some writings. They are the types of thoughts that need to be released together. So while these thoughts incubate, and as I finish my Sociology degree (graduating in December), perhaps the best thing to do is to just post the words (some ancient, some modern-ish) that have stirred my passion for God and His mercy of moving in our world.Christianity without the living Christ is inevitably Christianity without discipleship, and Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ. It remains an abstract idea, a myth which has a place for the Fatherhood of God, but omits Christ as the living Son. And a Christianity of that [...]

God became man to turn creatures into sons: not simply to produce better men of the old kind but to produce a new kind of man. C.S. Lewis   The mystery of Christ, that He sunk Himself into our flesh, is beyond all human understanding. Martin Luther I am obsessed by the Incarnation of Christ. Literally, I am often in my car, on a walk, or praying and will be struck by the amazing reality that God took on flesh. A chorus that I use to sing at the International House of Prayer in Atlanta during devotional sets would go: “The Word took on flesh and bone, the Father and the Son are one, worthy is the Lamb [...]