Author Archives: Speakfaithfully
Did I just walk by the next Trayvon?
As I was walking on Fuller campus the other afternoon a young black man in a hoodie was walking by. I had never seen him before and assumed he was just on his way through to Colorado, the main street … Continue reading
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Tagged just society, mutli-cultural society, racial profiling, racism, systemic racism, Trayvon Martin
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Three thoughts regarding Western aid and non-profits…
Recently Invisible Children’s “Kony 2012” campaign has been met with a lot of arguments and criticisms. Rachel Held Evans has compiled a series of links that summarize the arguments for and against this most recent initiative by Invisible Children. This is … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Commentary, Why do we believe...
Tagged activism, capitalism, colonialism, Kony 2012, paternalism, Toms, Western aid
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Worth Reading: H. Richard Niebuhr and the Church Against The World
As part of my church history I have been reading a lot of writings from other Christians. Some of these are gems and I wanted to share them with some Worth Reading posts. They are further proof that I believe … Continue reading
Forty days without…
This week marks the beginning of Lent. Lent will be from Ash Wednesday, February 22nd, to Holy Saturday, April 7th. This forty day season is a season of fasting that draws us closer to God and commemorates the forty … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Personal Commentary, Recovery Journal
Tagged calling, courage, destiny, fasting, fear, leadership, Lent, Nelson Mandela, purpose
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Bethel (Part 2)
[In this post I am going to talk about was my experience of the Bethel culture.] The last several months I have been involved in a Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry run in conjunction with Pihop. This has been part … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Personal Commentary
Tagged Bethel, Charismatic, Christianity, Church, local church, Pentecostal, revival
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Bethel (Part 1)
[I just got back from my trip to Bethel church in Redding, CA. I went to Bethel primarily to receive prayer for my arthritis. I also went partly to experience what was going on at Bethel firsthand. The last several … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Personal Commentary
Tagged arthritis, Bethel, Christianity, prayer, supernatural healing, unanswered prayer
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Meeting Jesus at The Well.
The Well is a prophetic ministry at the Pasadena International House of Prayer. At the Well people sign up for prayer and then are prayed over by a small team of trained people. These trained lay-ministers share prophetic words with … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Personal Commentary
Tagged Pihop, prophecy, prophetic ministry, the gift of prophecy, The Well
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Arthritis and the Word of the Lord
I’ve written about it from time to time but I am still suffering from arthritis and have been praying for complete supernatural healing since last spring. To recap briefly I was diagnosed with arthritis when I was eight years old after … Continue reading
Why I went back to Church…
Ten months ago I left Christian Assembly (CA), a church out in Eagle Rock. I simply one Sunday stopped attending and never went back. I did not have a falling out with the church or a negative experience that drove me away. … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Personal Commentary, Uncategorized
Tagged Christian Assembly, Christianity, Church, going back to church
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Speakfaithfully 
The White Western hegemony of the Gospel and how that is ending.
Recently the first WeekFOUR event took place. WeekFOUR is the student group I started with Matt Schuler as a platform for student voices at Fuller Theological Seminary to be heard and as a space for the incredibly diverse and experience-rich … Continue reading →