This is a short post to say hi and pass on a thank you. I’ve heard from the HOPE School in Chennai, and they have a little message for you: Thank you to everyone who contributed (and if you missed the post that talks about the HOPE School, you can see it by clicking here). They said that the BrainQuest… Read More
Hi friends. It was hard for me to write today because I’m feeling depressed by the political climate. Just saying those words is a freeing thing and so I’m saying them, but I’m not going to go into particulars because I want this to be a unifying sort of post rather than a divisive one. But it’s hard for me to choose… Read More
There were four places we visited with a humanitarian aim while in India. The first was Rocky’s house. Rocky is an American guy who was touched by the plight of the people living with AIDS when he visited India, and so he sold all his possessions and moved there to help. He married an Indian woman and they just had their second baby. If… Read More
We were on a retreat this past weekend in Normandy, and the night before we left, I stepped on a piece of glass that came from a broken perfume bottle. I didn’t realize I cut myself right away, and when I did, I didn’t realise there was a piece of glass in my foot. I just noticed the cut, gave… Read More
Recently, we had a theologian, Douglas Jacoby, from our church in Atlanta, come speak to the church in Paris. The man is smart. He got his Masters degree from the Harvard Divinity School and is naturally of an analytical mind. He spoke on Reason, Science, and God. What he said, in grossly simplified terms, is that the first 12 chapters… Read More
They’re predicting cold, rain, storms, and all around gray weather in Paris this week. Somehow it seems indicative of the troubles in this world where evil is always searching to gain a foothold, and where it sometimes succeeds. Doesn’t it always feel hopeful when the sun is shining and despairing when it’s not? When Jesus was nailed to the cross –… Read More
