Living and Teaching Stories Rooted in the Mission of God
After years of being a youth pastor, I remember the time I came home from yet another event that required endless administration, energy and resources and asked myself, “Is this what it means to be the Church? And if so, there have to be better ways to embody the supposed life-giving, relational aspects of Jesus …
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After years of being a youth pastor, I remember the time I came home from yet another event that required endless administration, energy and resources and asked myself, “Is this what it means to be the Church? And if so, there have to be better ways to embody the supposed life-giving, relational aspects of Jesus …
Continue reading “When Dreams Meet Reality: Life in Intentional Community”
I spent this past week living on a small houseboat with bunch of freshman boys on Lake Shasta. While living in extremely intimate quarters with 70 teenagers (4 houseboats) can be quite intimidating (and odoriferous!), it was not what intimidated me most about this time. Having committed to speak for this annual “Houseboats” trip close …
My friend Eliyahu is one of the hero’s we must highlight as advocates for the peace/shalom/salaam of Jesus. He is a Jewish Rabbi and founder of Jerusalem Peacemakers. In the village of Zakarias meeting with Jewish Israeli settler (on far left) and Muslim Palestinian (second from right). The Jewish couple that helped start the Neve …
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Standing on Mt. of Olives looking down over Jerusalem. Near where Jesus stood and wept over Jerusalem.