This coming Wednesday, March 25th, 7-9pm @ Mill Creek Foursquare Church, there is a human trafficking rally. I will be attending, helping with some info and also playing my song about sex slavery. The more the better, so come if you can and bring some friends. This is an issue that still so [...]
“The heroes are not the ones advocating for the poor and helping the homeless. We are not the heroes. We are just doing what should be done. We are just taking care of what needs to be taken care of. The real heroes are those who by all reason, should have given [...]
Here is a short blog and prayer I found on the Sojourners blog that I wanted to repost. It helps us to focus on what is important, especially during this Lenten season. Please read and let the prayer be your prayer as you reflect on your own life this Lenten season and how to more [...]
“If one had taken what is necessary to cover one’s needs and had left the rest to those who are in need, no one would be rich, no one would be poor, no one would be in need.”
- Saint Basil,
fourth century theologian and monastic
i have been wanting to blog about the story of Nickelsville, a homeless community in Seattle that has decided to take matters into their own hands to correct their situations. I have been involved a little during the process and my good friend Dustin has become one of their biggest, non-homeless advocates, spending most of [...]
Well it has been a week since me and my wife slept outside in a cardboard coffin for two with about 4500-5000 other people at Magnuson Park in Seattle. As you probably read before in my other post about this, we displaced ourselves from our homes for Invisible Children’s nationwide ‘Displace Me’ event to [...]
So I decided to copy my friend Matt and post my own ‘On Notice’ blog, so hopefully this goes over OK and I don’t get anyone wanting to sue me! So here goes my own first ‘On Notice’:
Today is my 11 year anniversary and this post is to send a tribute to my beautiful wife, Vicki! I am so blessed to have such an incredible woman to share my life with. So filled with compassion and generosity that I am envious of her heart to help others selflessly. She [...]
According to Scot McKnight, of Jesus Creed Fame, I have the longest soul patch he has ever seen, and so since there were some that were interested in seeing a picture, I figured I would post a current picture of my ’soul patch’ for all to see. From lip to tip it is at [...]
Well, I am sad to say that after 10 years with our lovable, snugly, very black and fat kitty, Simone has gone to kitty heaven. She started to drastically lose weight and we noticed she wasn’t eating anything. So we took her to the vet, had some blood tests, and discovered her liver [...]
