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“God is in the slums, in the cardboard boxes where the poor play house. God is in the silence of a mother who has infected her child with a virus that will end both their lives. God is in the cries heard under the rubble of war. God is in the debris of wasted opportunity [...]

I was reading the nakedpastor’s blog post about vision and I agree with him.  Vision is so promoted in churches as the way to bring life and “purpose” to the congregation. Proverbs 29:18 “Without a vision, the people perish.” is stated to give biblical support for this corporate/business idea. David Hayward points out that the [...]

my true self blogger jennifer created this video. This video and her blog reveals a lot of pain and honesty as well as providing some serious issues the church needs to deal with.

I am one of the financiers of three small businesses around the world. I took some of my tax return and used it to make a microloan to need people around the world who are trying to make a living. I have done this through kiva.org. “Kiva lets you lend to a specific entrepreneur in [...]

Half the world’s population (3 billion+) lives on less than $2 per day. One billion live on less than $1 per day. To communicate this idea to the senior high youth we went on a field trip to Ogle’s to see if we could buy enough food to live on for a day with just [...]

Lauren is on a Snow White kick. We rented the movie from the library and she loves it. “Grumpy is so funny.” “Dopey can’t talk, cuz he’s never tried.” … This morning she wanted to bring Snow White over to a friend’s house to watch it with them. Instead of a straight out “no”, I [...]