I’m wrestling a lot these days with the idea of Justice and what it looks like to be a Christian–and a human–in the midst of it. This week, the interns and I have been at the Not for Sale Academy receiving training on human trafficking before we head out to the Philippines in April. I’m feeling […]
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Tonight, we watched a video in Stephen Ministry that left me moved and feeling heavy at the same time. Dr. Diane Langberg spoke a message about the reality of brokenness and suffering in our lives and the need for compassionate Christians to sit with the hurting and minister with presence. I’ve been thinking about human […]
We’re all holding hands on the street. Bear on my left, a stocky, grizzled Filipino dude wearing a hard expression under squinting eyes. Pancho on my right, a wiry black man with a thin face and a black “OAKLAND” beanie with big, gothic lettering. Cece is between the men, finishing a prayer: “And keep us […]
At about 10AM this morning in the middle of Albert’s sermon, Mrs. Hu bursts into the sanctuary and I hear a flurry of hurried murmuring behind me and the flutter of a hundred heads turning. “Someone call 911!” Mrs. Hu, wife of Pastor Jack Hu of the Chinese congregation we share our church with, was robbed […]
Blaise Pascal, one evening, recorded a spiritual experience he had. It affected him so much that he sewed it into the lining of his coat until his death. He titled it The Memorial: L’an de grâce 1654, Lundi, 23 novembre, jour de saint Clément, pape et martyr, et autres au martyrologe. Veille de saint Chrysogone, martyr, […]
I just came across this verse (1 Peter 4:8) and realized that God was rocking me with it. I mailed it to the other interns (text: “bah!”) because they know how hard it is for me to serve people I don’t get along with. But… like Justin mentioned the other day, what if we changed […]
On a lighter note, let’s start a series called “Photos of Interns In Places They Should Be” Conversely, we can start a series titled “Photos of Interns in Places They Shouldn’t Be”
I’m awakened in the morning by a phone call — It’s Mr. Smith, and his car needs a jump. The evening before we had spotted him in the parking lot; he was still seated in his parked car, eyes closed in rapt concentration or heavy sleep, we couldn’t tell. “It’s jazz,” he explains later. He […]
I really admire Eric’s patience with people. After Evangelism class he spent an hour and a half with a wheelchair-bound Betty Dunn, doing genealogy searches with her and looking at photos on Flickr. I normally don’t have any patience with people like Betty, because I want to send her home as soon as possible so I can […]
