We fail to realize that, like it or not, Jesus is a product that we are selling. I know, I know, we don’t like this terminology. It cheapens what Jesus is really about. But regardless of whether we see it this way as insiders or not, this is how others see us.

Watching on television a single shoe washing up onshore, Wayne Elsey felt compelled to do something. So, he called up some other footwear executives and got them to donate 250 million shoes to people who were lacking basic footwear.

Last weekend my wife, Jenna, and I went to D.C. to visit some friends. One of our friends, Kristy, works for the International Justice Mission. We got to hang out at IJM in the morning, meet lots of incredible people and we stayed for their 11am prayer time. It was amazing to listen to prayer [...]

The market was dirty and disorganized. Flies landed at will on the dried fish we were about to purchase. The fish are expensive this time of the year since it is not the season for the boats to go out on Lake Kariba. The lake acts as a border between two [...]

We have some friends who are adopting two children from Uganda, Nathan and Rebecca. Our church put on a fundraising dinner for them on Saturday. It was an awesome time, people turned out from all over–church people, friends, co-workers–and gave generously. We had a guest speaker talk about the fundamental call [...]

Our current economic situation is finally giving the rest of the country a glimpse of what many in our country have been perpetually experiencing for generations. hardship is now being tasted across class systems no matter what side of the tracks you live on. though the disparity of hardship is still greatly different you have [...]