Category Archives: Personal Commentary
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
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Tagged activism, capitalism, colonialism, Kony 2012, paternalism, Toms, Western aid
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Tagged Christian Assembly, Christianity, Church, going back to church
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Is Homosexuality a Sin?: Approaching this is issue through the “Revelation and Invitation” Approach.
[Disclaimer: This blog and the posts contained within it are solely the representation of my personal thoughts and beliefs. They are in no way representative of the thoughts or beliefs of communities or organizations I am involved in or discuss. … Continue reading
Is Homosexuality a Sin: Problems with the Truth-mine Approach
[Disclaimer: This blog and the posts contained within it are solely the representation of my personal thoughts and beliefs. They are in no way representative of the thoughts or beliefs of communities or organizations I am involved in or discuss. … Continue reading
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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 →