It’s now just a little over 36 hours since I arrived home from an amazing adventure to spend some time and hopefully leak a little bit of Jesus into the lives of a group of teenage orphans in the city of Ivanovo in north-central Russia. Even now it’s difficult to articulate the experience of being … Continue reading From Russia With Love Part 2: Love Wins (with a little help from a hockey fan)
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A Mother’s Day Letter from the Archives
Since today is Mother's Day, and since I've fallen behind on new content here at The Awesomeness Conspiracy, I decided to dig into the archives and re-post an article from Mother's Day 2011. I wrote the following "Letter To Mom" as a sermon I delivered to the congregation at First United Methodist Church in Williamstown, … Continue reading A Mother’s Day Letter from the Archives
Why supporting gay rights is the most Christian thing I can do
There’s a story in the Bible where Jesus talks about a field where a man planted a crop of wheat. While he was sleeping, an enemy snuck into the field and planted weeds. The wheat and the weeds grew together, intermingled. The man’s servants offered to pick through the field and remove all the weeds. … Continue reading Why supporting gay rights is the most Christian thing I can do
To Russia With Love
In just a little less than two months, I will be traveling with a team to Ivanovo, Russia, to work at a ministry center for older orphans--teenagers and young adults who have recently exited the Russian orphanage system. While orphans everywhere face innumerable challenges, orphans in Russia are especially vulnerable. Many find themselves lost in … Continue reading To Russia With Love
Hungry is the new full
For something like the 7th or 8th time in as many years, I'll be participating today and tomorrow alongside youth & friends from my church in World Vision's 30-Hour Famine. From 7:00 this morning through 1:00 tomorrow afternoon, we're joining together in a period of fasting to raise money for World Vision's hunger and poverty … Continue reading Hungry is the new full