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One of the HARDEST thing to do

LISTEN. When I was growing up my dad use to say to me all the time “Have you ever listened to yourself, or do you ever think about what you say?” And of course I didn’t, I was going to speak my opinion no matter what others would say. But this really sat with me…

An Interesting Encounter

I went into Starbucks to get into word last night but as I walked in, it was packed. There didn’t seem to be a good spot to sit down, lay out my books and read. So I went ahead and ordered my large vanilla spice latte in hopes that a seat would open up and…

Love THIS guy?

Jesus said, “Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” You want me to do WHAT????? It was a beautiful early Saturday morning… The traffic was flowing on the 405; the smog was only half bad because of the previous rains, and the homeless people on the corner were holding signs that say…

Intentionally Being Missional

We live in an area populated by millions of people, in fact I just looked up online how many people live in Los Angeles County and there are close to 10 million people just in this area of Southern California. Everywhere we go there are humans! I wake up in the morning walk outside and…

What is holding you back?

I sit here and contemplate a question that continues to come to the forefront on my mind, but quickly becomes blinded by the reality of the materialistic world that I live in. “Am I a willing to give up EVERYTHING to follow Jesus Christ?” This is an extremely hard question for us if we dig…

A Parched Soul

The land was dry and water was not something that they could just go to the store and get. It is extremely scarce and would take hours just to get to the nearest water source. Daily, people of this village would wake up in the morning just to travel to get something that was a…