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Read this recent article [below] from CNN entitled “Why Many Americans Prefer Their Sundays Segregated.”
There are many things that are important in one’s search for a church, right? How important is a diverse church community to you – particularly race? Bluntly, do you care about racial diversity in the church? Why or why not?
Discuss. Continue reading “why many americans prefer their sundays segregated”
Who doesn’t like a good conversation about church and money? Steve Lewis [spiritfarmer] and Jason Evans [a51t15] and a bunch of other folks have been conversing via their blogs about the broad and complex issues of church, money, and sustainability. Why is this an issue? Well, I can think of three main reasons [amongst several] why this is an issue:
Please excuse us for being selfish but we need your help. We are inviting all PRAYERS and DREAMERS. Thus, we are coming to our larger community – friends, family, blogosphere network, Questers, and random connections – to genuinely share our prayer requests and dreams. Honestly, I’m not really good at asking for things. That is something I need to be working on but here are two prayer requests and a repetitious dream I want to place before you. Continue reading “inviting all prayers and dreamers”
My great grandfather was one of the first christians in a village nearby Pyongyang. God’s grace was poured over his entire family but they experienced intense persecution because of their faith. As a result of the persecution, his family “escaped” with his entire family from what it now known to the world as North Korea. My father was five during this time and the stories he shares don’t seem real. Not everyone in his family survived that journey southward that one chaotic night.
NK as some may know is one of the most isolated nations and subsequently, some of the gravest human rights violations and suffering go unnoticed – including approximately 200,000 Christians that are in prison labor camps simply because of their faith in Christ. This past weekend, Minhee and I had the privilege of spending some time with friends that left Seattle three years ago to go to Yanbian, China [via Singapore]. They left – with their three children – the comforts of home, family, and friends to act upon their convictions. The father recently relinquished his well paying job with full benefits to serve the people of North Korea – initially at the border of NK and China and in a few months, he’ll be [hoping to] receive his “resident card” that would allow him to enter to and from North Korea to do development work. There are no salary or benefits to his work as a “tentmaker.”
Who in their right mind wants to become a “resident” of North Korea? Continue reading “someday, i will return to north korea”
As most of my blog readers know, my wife and I [and our three children] are starting an organization for the purpose of joining the fight against global poverty. We are not the first, and thankfully, we will not be the last. People – acquaintances, strangers, blog readers and stalkers, Twitters, Facebookers, internet surfers, and our church folks have asked us questions and so this entry is our attempt to answer those questions – in hopes that it may intrigue and inspire you and also to excuse myself from answering countless personal emails.
Recent Updates: Dec. ’08 / March ’09
Here are some Frequently Asked Questions: Continue reading “fighting global poverty f.a.q.”
Materialism and money is an issue and a threat in my life. I hate to admit it but it is. I wrestle with it nearly every day. I read once that a person spends about 80% of their time awake engaged with MONEY: earning it, spending it, and dreaming about it. There are days it overwhelms me and there are days I feel like I have a great understanding and mastery over money but only for it to rear it’s beastly head again.
We’re all consumers. Every single one of us so how would you respond to this question?
In our society, we’re surrounded by the push to consume. We’re constantly bombarded with the newest gadget or trinket we supposedly cannot live without. How do we combat the pull toward materialism, and what does simplicity look like in the 21st Century? Continue reading “materialism, mammon and simplicity”
EUGENE CHO 