The Saturday article in the LA Times had some good insights regarding the new high-gloss tourist businesses versus the poor, immigrant population that together make up downtown Long Beach. The article says that what’s needed are businesses that can reach both demographics. What I think is needed in downtown Long Beach is a spiritual revival. […]

Through a friend of a friend, we welcome Jason Mather and the Long Beach Project to the city. I have yet to meet him, but am hoping to soon. Another church planting friend here in Long Beach, Chris, is also getting to know him. This city is in need of a spiritual revolution, and there

One thing we shouldn’t do is jump on the “The Pope is cool” bandwagon lest we offend our Catholic peers. Yes, I know earlier I said that anyone who wants to jump on the “race bandwagon” is welcomed, so perhaps I was wrong in that also. Like many, I have Catholic uncles and aunts. They

One thing we shouldn’t do is jump on the “The Pope is cool” bandwagon lest we offend our Catholic peers. Yes, I know earlier I said that anyone who wants to jump on the “race bandwagon” is welcomed, so perhaps I was wrong in that also. Like many, I have Catholic uncles and aunts. They

I’m not the world’s biggest U2 fan. Coldplay has stolen my heart. But Rudy just got back from last night’s concert at the Anaheim Pond. Read his post here. And read the U2 news article – from @U2. As a musician, I like this paragraph. It’s every band’s dream: Let me say this: No major-scale

I’m not the world’s biggest U2 fan. Coldplay has stolen my heart. But Rudy just got back from last night’s concert at the Anaheim Pond. Read his post here. And read the U2 news article – from @U2. As a musician, I like this paragraph. It’s every band’s dream: Let me say this: No major-scale

What amazes me about this conversation is that Hybels is speaking about a ‘senior pastor conversion.’ About racial representation on staff, on stage, in the drama, worship team, elder board. I am the only non-White staff at Bethany. If I was gone, they would most likely replace me with a White worship guy. That’s just

What amazes me about this conversation is that Hybels is speaking about a ‘senior pastor conversion.’ About racial representation on staff, on stage, in the drama, worship team, elder board. I am the only non-White staff at Bethany. If I was gone, they would most likely replace me with a White worship guy. That’s just

This talks about why YOU should plant a church. I’m not naive, I’m not green, I have friends that are church planters right here in Long Beach, it’s hard, it’s rewarding, it’s being broke. But this article uncovers all my concerns: 1. Salary 2. Failure 3. Gifting I may do a multi-site instead of a

If you’ve been here, you’ve been here and you’re here again. The scene described here is what it looks like friends. Death is common, and is the destiny of us all, I’m now realizing how even the most private of moments, as when I was with my grandmother together with her 5 children and Rachelle