The “Top Ten Humanitarian Crisis of 2008″ has been released by Doctors Without Borders. Countries in crisis include Somalia, Myanmar, Zimbabwe, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Pakistan, Sudan, and Iraq.
I don’t want to end this year on a sad note, but as we celebrate the beginning of a new year and look forward to our [...]
Top Ten Humanitarian Crisis of 2008
Christmas: Family or Faith?
Time magazine just put out this interesting article. It’s about the decline of Americans attending Christmas day services and the increase in Christmas eve services. Time points to the idea that we have embraced Christmas day as a day for family reflection and celebration instead of faith. It also discusses the idea that churches are [...]
christmas without ‘christmas’
This year Mike and I had a Christmas without “Christmas”. We spent Christmas in Pasadena, CA without all the things that seem to make Christmas ‘Christmas’ for us. We didn’t have any family visiting out here. We didn’t have the traditions we grew up with: whose houses we visit on Christmas or Christmas eve, what [...]
reflections on an economic downturn
If you’ve been listening to the news, things are getting a little rough out there. Banks and car companies are going under, unemployment is going up, layoffs are abundant… our economy certainly could be better. I don’t like jumping on the “this is a crisis” bandwagon, but it’s certainly getting a little shaky.
I don’t really [...]
books from fall
I’ve been reading a lot lately, and I wanted to give you all a few thoughts on my favorites from fall quarter. Some I read for class, others for papers, and a few I squeezed in just because I wanted to read them.
Resident Aliens- My first Hauerwas book. I have to say that I might [...]
simplicity
Every month my canvas group (small-group) from my church, Kairos, picks a different spiritual discipline to practice together. In the few months we have been part of the church we have done routine (rule-of-life), fasting, celebration (we threw one awesome “Advent-Eve Party”) and now we’re doing simplicity. In an effort to blog more, and just [...]
everything’s amazing, nobody’s happy
ok, so i REALLY REALLY like this:
I so agree with this. Maybe I’ll become a luddite. You just have to watch this.
On the up-side, the internet was out at my apartment all weekend, which was the biggest blessing in the world this weekend, because when you have to spend 4 days [...]
some thoughts
This blog has been quiet lately… because I’ve been trying to figure some things out. For those of you who don’t know, I’m in my first quarter at Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, CA when I am (most likely) going to get an M.Div. Most of my writing energy has been going towards my first quarter [...]
