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Laugh or cry: the Church and homelessness

I saw this headline today from LA’s Homeless Blog and didn’t know whether to laugh or cry: “Faith Matters. Even In Addressing Homelessness.” That’s even in addressing homelessness, no less. Laugh: And as an afterthought, we can involve the Church in helping the poor and homeless. Cry: Has the Church  … > read more

2008 Lent Season Begins Today

Lent is the 40-day period of reflection, prayer and fasting as the global Church prepares to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ at Easter. The 40 days represent the time that Jesus spent in the wilderness, following His baptism, being tempted by Satan. Jesus overcame temptation and then began His  … > read more

Sutter on Poverty: Who’s to Blame?

Arloa Sutter on “Who’s to Blame?” for poverty. “… Conservatives tend to blame the individual and his or her family citing personal failure and the lack of appropriate family values. Liberals blame systemic racism, social inequalities and structural evil. We might blame the church for being silent on social issues  … > read more

Someone’s looking for you

A word of caution: “Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.” — 1 Peter 5:8 And a word of encouragement: “For the eyes of the LORD range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him.” — 2  … > read more

Love in any language

From Suzanne, on mission in India: “… Then it was Sony’s turn…She picked the cd ‘Come and Listen’ that had songs on it from a Dance Fundraiser that we had for my dear friends the Byers before they left for Germany. I turned it on for her and then got  … > read more

Prayer Request

I received a request to pray specifically for missionaries in another country who are baptizing new believers today. Believers in that country are persecuted (beaten, sometimes killed) for their faith and the missionaries requested that followers of Christ pray for them today. I think of Jesus’ prayer in John 17:  … > read more