Presenting Praan!

Last December I posted a blog titled Dancing with the non-stars. It was a poignant reminder of the simple but profound power of music and love. More recently I had a friend e-mail me to enquire about that post and so I had occasion to watch it all over again. I [...]

Let’s talk about sex…!

Let’s talk about sex…
I’m just playing with you! I only said that to get your attention (we probably will talk about sex one of these days, just not today) because I really need your input on this. Seriously though, while we won’t be directly talking about sex today, in a roundabout sort of way we [...]

Blackened pots

Yesterday we celebrated our ‘re-emergence’ service. It was a really exciting day and my message was simply the fact that God uses ‘blackened pots.’ (If that analogy is completely lost on you then you’re going to have to download the message from our website once it’s up). Any how, my point was made that much [...]

Not-so-frivolous-Friday!

A little while ago I posted a blog about The tendency of Presidents of the USA to ‘grey’ rather quickly after their ‘ascension’ to the most powerful political office in the world. I suggested that it wouldn’t take much longer than a year for Obama’s hair to grey. In today’s world of political, economic, and [...]

Sayid Abdul Karim

This is Sayid Abdul Karim and his 9-year-old grandaughter. Sayid is 80! In case you’re wondering, I am not personally acquainted with him or his grandaughter. I have said a prayer for them today though, and I’m truly burdened for their plight. What you don’t see in the photograph (you’d have to see the full [...]

Conversations about God!

Today I want to continue discussing some of the ideas we exchanged at the “Human Event” conference this past week. Something that struck me as unique and particularly helpful in unpacking many of the ideas offered by the presenters was the format. The presenter would speak for twelve minutes (none of them actually did. In [...]

Can you say Okada?!

I cannot begin to describe to you what emotions this picture elicits in me. No doubt the bikers head is as vacuous as the ‘helmet’ he’s wearing, but in a strangely poetic sort of way, I can really understand why he’s doing it. You see, this photo was taken in the country of my birth, [...]

Of football and fast food!

We live in a culture that’s a litany of contradictions. We call our national pastime football, yet we play it with our hands. We talk about fast food, but the only thing that’s fast about it is the way it fastidiously sticks to your waistline and hips. We are a “get it now” culture, which [...]

Righteousness exalts a nation!

This is the end of day 20 of our 21-Day fast! Did anything earth shattering occur? Nothing that I’m aware of. Did I become infinitely more spiritual? That remains to be seen. So what did I get out of a 21-Day fast you might be asking? If the truth be told, I’m still watching it [...]

History and Neurosis!!!

Today history has been made! Today we inaugurated our first black president!! Today we began a new journey toward a new day!!! The question that should now become central to our thought is: What will this new day look like and what will it hold for us? I don’t really care how much the “talking [...]