Life - Faith - One Bridge
Today is Halloween. Like many, I will attend a party tonight of neighbors, where we will “celebrate” by eating food then sending the kids out to solicit candy. Today, however, my mind goes back to a faithful day in the sleepy college town of … [Continue reading]
As summer is rapidly approaching, those of us involved in church often receive letters from friends and family asking for prayer and money for short-term mission trips. As a matter of fact, I am helping to lead five groups this summer from our … [Continue reading]
I first met KD in September 1999. I had been in East Asia for about a month. KD was a local leader in the tiny, slowly growing church movement. Though he was approximately my age, I had heard of KD, as he was already a very respected man within the … [Continue reading]
Twenty years is a long time. Twenty years is but a moment in time. Today I feel the acute juxtaposition of being caught between these two statements. Twenty years ago today, my friend and brother in Christ, Philip Andrew Clarke woke up in the … [Continue reading]
At this exact moment one year ago today, I was on a plane from Asia headed to Los Angeles. As I sit here in a Coffee Bean in Beverly Hills, two blocks from my office, I am thinking back on this day exactly 12 months ago. You see, leaving Asia was … [Continue reading]