H1N1 Swine Flu – What Can Christians Do?

Many of us are watching anxiously what is happening in Mexico as the country battens down to hopefully ride out the Swine flu epidemic which many are saying could become a deadly worldwide pandemic.  Some seem to be treating it as a bit of a game as they follow the spread on google maps.  Others are [...]

Thoughts on Holy Week

I have always wondered why in the Anglican Palm Sunday service we begin with a procession around the church waving palm fronds but never actually read the story of Jesus riding into Jerusalem on a donkey.  the Palm Sunday gospel reading is always the Passion story from the time that Jesus is in the Garden [...]

Bushfire Horrors – Where Is God?

I woke this morning with a heavy heart.  The toll continues to rise in Australia – now 171 confirmed dead and the arsonists who started many of the fires will be accused of mass murder according to the Prime Minister.  Whole communities have been completely wiped out by the raging fires.
Read the BBC report here
The [...]

Bushfire Toll Climbs in Australia

I am breaking my usual Sunday fast from the internet to ask you all to pray for my fellow Australians.  I  am reeling under the shock of the fires in and around Melbourne and the incredible heat that has exacerbated them…. and all this while Britain is suffering from the worst snow storm in decades.
I [...]

News That Makes My Heart Ache

Browsing through news items on CNN and elsewhere this afternoon I came across two that particularly made my heart ache and reminded me of the broken condition of the human race.  The first addresses the ongoing cost of poverty and voicelessness of those at the margins, the second addresses the huge devastation that war creates [...]

Costa Rican Earthquake Impacts Our Friends

We just received this email from our friend Tomas Yacino who heads up the Red del Camino Network a network of churches in the Caribbean and Latin America that seeks to accomplish God’s kingdom purposes.  If you are able to support them in their time of need it would be much appreciated.
Dear Friends and Supporters [...]

Do We Live Or Just Preach Faith?

I really have been wondering about this as I have followed the path of Hurricanes Gustave and Ike and then watched the stock markets crash all over the world this morning.  Yet of the numerous Christian blogs I have followed over the weekend only one has had a post with a prayer and a thought [...]

Disaster in Myanmar

This week I am teaching a course on spiritual renewal at the Overseas Ministries Study Center in New Haven CT.  Five of the participants are from Myanmar which has brought the horrors of the devastation of the cyclone in Myanmar very close to me.  Most of these brothers are still unable to contact their families.  [...]

Invisible children

For those that are in Seattle, here is something you might like to check out.
Quest Church and Q Cafe is privileged to partner together to host a screening of the new film, ”Black is for Sunday,” from the non-profit international organization, Invisible Children.  Film will be shown on Monday, March 31 – 7-9pm at Q Cafe with some [...]

Is God In Kenya – What Kenyan Women Think

As we approach Lent it is good for us to remember those who are struggling for there very survival at this time.  Security forces have cracked down on violence but the situation is far from resolved.  Here are some very poignant thoughts from Kenyan women on Where is God in Kenya?
Part of the discipline I [...]