Category: general discussions

What about all those people in the world that are not Jesus followers and are also committed to transforming the world for better by doing good? Individuals like Ghandi and Bangledeshi Muhammad Yunis, a Muslim, founder of the Grameen bank and winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace prize. Christians certainly don’t have a corner on doing…

Today I had a visitor at the ministry centre, a lady named Prima who came in out of the cold, waiting for a neighbouring office unit to open. We enjoyed a coffee together, and a fascinating conversation. Prima is a practicing Hindu, and she was very open to talking about her faith, and answering my…

Yesterday Kelly, Pablo and I were trying to play baseball and some girl kept asking us for our full names on a piece of paper. Anyways we didn’t give them to her. Later on ‘Tequila’ came by and she asked her for her full name. She asked why and the girl said so that her…

Often when I speak about trusting God through suffering, I assume that others are thinking, easy for you to say, you’re not going through what I’m going through. I can’t dispute that, it is easier for me to say, given my circumstances compared to others. But that does not mean that what I said is…

God has laid it on my heart that we need to continue to pray for people who suffer for their hope in Jesus. Can we imagine what it would be like to live in a place where believing in Jesus meant that we would be ridiculed, harassed, beaten or even killed. Imagine if believing in…

At crossroads, we are committed to demonstrating the love of Jesus. As I read this article from Mission Network News, it made me think about what demonstrating the love of Jesus would be like in a place where Jesus-followers will be persecuted. Iraq (MNN) While many Christians are fleeing persecution in Iraq, some have chosen to say. Karen…

The following is a post from my old blog that continues to get feedback. Based on all the interest, I am reposting it here, and welcome your responses as well: OK, here’s an easy question… or is it? Why should we praise God? Maybe a part of that question should be what does it mean to praise God? And…

God has laid it on my heart that we need to continue to pray for people who suffer for their hope in Jesus. Can we imagine what it would be like to live in a place where believing in Jesus meant that we would be ridiculed, harassed, beaten or even killed. Imagine if believing in…

I am not a big fan of christmas carols, especially after singing them so much. But my friend Kevin found a great version of the 12 days of christmas on YoutTube. A reminder that even christmas carols can be redeemed.