Today’s rising generation in our church needs the courage of Daniel and the daring of David to embrace a faith that is rapidly falling out of favor with their peers. It’s no longer uncommon for even church goers to go for weeks or months without considering what the...
This is part of a series; read Part I here. Chapter three The concept for tasks came from observing the initiation rites of my African and missionary friends in Kenya while I raised my son there. While the Kenyans had long held traditional rites, my missionary...
This is part of a series; read Part I here. This past winter I watched a new family from Latin America inch their way from their car up an icy ramp toward shelter in a church. A chilling wind seemed to reach inside their good clothing and create a sense of shock and...
Chapter One From the moment the first man walked out of Eden and looked at his new reality the weight of his future threatened to crush him. He sauntered out of paradise with a fear he had never known before – a fear that somehow the future of his offspring...
