Churches Helping Churches, spearheaded by Pastors James MacDonald and Mark Driscoll, has made all of its photos from Haiti available for free. There are thousands of photos to use for personal, relief work, or church needs. They were taken by Thomas Hurst, a deacon at Mars Hill Bellevue, who was Pulitzer Prize Photography finalist. I’m blessed by their desire to share all their resources for Kingdom good. Let’s keep working together as the body of Christ.

Also, it’s great many are rallying to help Haiti. However, I pray that we don’t stop at Haiti but keep extending the hands of Jesus out to a dying world.

Click on the image below or here to go to the final edited set (104 photos) or here for the complete archive (1,324 photos).

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Before Walmart and Target there was Zayre. That asterisk on the billboard had an hypnotic effect on those in the 70’s and 80’s. It lured the people with its siren call of consumerism: buy, buy, buy and you will be happy, happy, happy. Once you were snagged by the alluring tentacles of Zayre, there was no escaping. It caught and you bought. More »

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This email (unedited) is from Marie Lucie (Director of MEBSH Child Care). I think it’s worth reading to the end. And of course, as always, please pray.

“The Lord reigneth, let the people tremble.” Psalm 99:4

Since Friday morning I have been thinking about the earthquake and I have learned three major lessons that I would like to share with you. I have shared it with my family and coworkers but I would like to share them also with you who have been praying for me, my family and my dear country. More »

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What is this heavy weight pressing down on me?

Dear God remove it for I want to be free

from this stress, this mess, distress

I confess

I’m crumbling

Can’t You see?

…

Dear child, it is a heavy weight for you

because you’re still a lightweight in me

I will not lessen the weight nor take it away

Instead I’ll pour my kavod into you today

…

The heavy weight of life

is a gift from heaven

to develop

the weight of glory

in me

[Written after meditation on James 1]

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I am at a pastors conference right now. Proof? Here are some titles of the messages I’ve been listening to the last couple of days: Preaching Christ from the Old Testament Narratives, Sitting Down With A Symphonic Witness in Four Movements, Kingdom Character, and so on.

All was well until I received a message from my wife: “Call me as soon as you can. I need to talk to you” Even as I listened to her voice mail, I sensed it’s not one of those I-called-to-say-I-love-you talks. I’m right. It turns out that my boy got slapped at school by another kid while his teacher walked out of the room for a moment. From what I can gather, during his opportune moment, the bully turned around slapped my son in the face (!), threw a book at him (!!), and then said something to the effect of “If we didn’t have a principal, I would KILL you” (!!!). I don’t know if I was more shocked by what this kid did or how seemingly unfazed my son was. I pray there are no latent psychological bruises that will appear later. More »

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In the middle of our church’s officer retreat. Not enough time to write.

However, got these in my inbox today.

Please read.

Please PRAY.

Email 1:

[From a Christian doctor currently in Haiti, sent today] More »

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I watched this video with my oldest daughter this morning and we talked about Martin Luther King Jr’s life and how he set an example to fight injustice with words and not fists. That we ought to conquer everything with the love of God and the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

As I watched her eyes taking in MLK’s image on youtube, I prayed that God would raise her up to be His voice. A voice of compassion and conviction. A voice pointing people to Christ, the liberator of humanity from its slavery to sin. I also prayed God would plant in her a dream. Not an American dream, but a Kingdom dream.

I want to believe in Christ and his kingdom so earnestly that I’d be willing to put my whole life on the line for it (John 12:24). As I get older, it becomes a harder battle. I wonder if I’ve domesticated Jesus to fit my American lifestyle. If I’ve become a professional Christian. When I look at Jesus, he was a stark realist but never gave up his vision and dream of saving sinners. His eyes were always set resolutelyon Jerusalem (Luke 9:51).

His dream never died.

Don’t let my kingdom dream die, Lord.

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