Posted in General on Feb 24th, 2010
“The uncompromising spirit of Olympic sprinter and Scotsman Eric Liddell was made famous by the award-winning film Chariots of Fire. For months Liddell trained to run the 100-meter dash at the Paris Olympics in 1924. Sportswriters across Britain predicted he would win. But when the schedules were announced, Liddell discovered that the heats for his [...]
Posted in General on Feb 18th, 2010
John Piper recently posted a video on Twitter that sums up some thoughts I’ve had in the back of my mind for a couple of years, thanks to the pastors, professors, and missionaries who I had the privilege of being influenced by during my time at The Master’s College, not to mention being brought up [...]
Posted in General on Feb 14th, 2010
I asked some of you to pray for Andy Smith and his fiancee Katie Johnson last year, when Andy was in a terrible motorcycle wreck in my hometown, Bakersfield. Now I’d like to share an update on Andy’s story, and it’s worth the few minutes it takes for you to read this article from the [...]
Posted in General on Jan 27th, 2010
Over the weekend I proposed to Karen, the most beautiful and amazing young lady I’ve ever met (and who I’ve had the privilege of getting to know over the last 4 years). We went out to lunch at a restaurant on the Ventura Beach pier, on a perfect day after a week of rain. Karen said YES. [...]
Posted in General on Jan 18th, 2010
So on Thursday morning, I was thinking about how I could help the situation in Haiti, and came up with the idea of a local benefit concert. Long story short, the first show kicked off Friday night, and we raised over $900 from generous donations. All proceeds went directly to Three Angels Children’s Relief, an [...]
Posted in General on Dec 28th, 2009
The other night I had the privilege going back to serve some appreciative men and women in the Skid Row area of downtown Los Angeles. You really start to see your comfortable life in a different light when you’re talking with those who have no place of their own to rest their head. The best thing I [...]
Posted in General on Dec 10th, 2009
I have no idea how to do justice in describing the message I just heard. Of all the media I view and pass along in my sometimes too-connected social-networking life, listen to this one if you could only pick one thing. I’m not going to trick you into thinking it’s short, because it’s an hour [...]
Posted in General on Nov 22nd, 2009
New & Recommended! (For reading, listening, watching, doing)
Here are a few things to check out and get involved with. Instead of a separate write-up for the following book, album, movie, blog, and events, I decided to just toss everything into a quick list.
Book to Read
“Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and [...]
Posted in General on Nov 2nd, 2009
In the Old Testament passage about Daniel’s friends getting thrown into a fiery furnace by King Nebuchadnezzar (Daniel chapter 3, check it out in context), I’d like to point out an important detail that we can’t miss, because of how relevant it is to the brand of Christianity that’s popular here in comfortable Southern California. [...]
Posted in General on Oct 13th, 2009
There’s a great story behind this artwork that I just put up on the wall of my office. It was a collaboration between Barton Damer and Promise Tangeman to help raise money for the Huruma Children’s Home, an orphanage near Nairobi, the capital of Kenya in East Africa. I don’t know these artists personally, but [...]
Posted in General on Oct 12th, 2009
The question was asked by a man to a woman, “Would you sleep with me if I gave you a million dollars?” and the woman, knowing that the man definitely could pay up, agrees that she would. He then asks her the question “Would you sleep with me for $5?” and she immediately responds, “No! [...]
Posted in General on Sep 14th, 2009
Here’s a book that I heard about a few years back and finally made a priority to read. Let me tell you: it was well worth it. Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business (first printed in 1985, updated in 2005) takes the reader through some drastic changes [...]
Posted in General on Aug 19th, 2009
During a search for song lyrics centered around the theme of putting action to faith, I came across “Asleep in the Light” by Keith Green, which I’ve heard many times over the years (In fact, his “No Compromise” album was the first compact disc I purchased). This guy had a major impact as a musician, [...]
Posted in General on Aug 18th, 2009
Today the LA Times homepage featured a story, “Jerry Crowe: One phone call changed Greg LeMond’s life,” that caught my attention because I had a good guess as to what it was about. Greg LeMond is a three-time Tour de France winner, and also happens to be a victim of sexual abuse in his past. [...]
