Pondering death and hope at Christmas

After the unexpected deaths of my aunt last week and a dear friend this week, words of grief and comfort were often accompanied by a statement about how much more difficult death is near Christmas. I began to ponder that thought. The more I did, the more I thought the opposite to be true!

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Father’s Day

I recently heard Josh McDowell speaking about the “King of Pop” Michael Jackson. Michael is quoted speaking about the first year of the Jackson Five. Michael was only five years old.

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Setting up Shop

I was blessed during our recent block party in the South Bronx by being reunited with one of the former drug dealers from our community.  I sat in The Harvest Center with him and his girlfriend, talking about their lives and what God can do. We wept as they wept over their pain, and we…

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Rethinking Urban Ministry

I recently read an article written by an author with a burden for reaching cities. He shares about a week of violence in his city which included a high school student being gunned down at a barbeque, a hopeless mother throwing two of her small children off a bridge, and a distraught father in the…

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