Today is one of those days in history that will show up in high school textbooks from here on out. The obvious part of today is that those of you who live in the US now have a new President. And because he is an African-American man this is a day unlike most others. I [...]

After yesterday’s 2 conference championship games the Super Bowl has been set as a match up between the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers. I predicted it would be Arizona and Baltimore, so I got half of it right. I know the game isn’t going to be played for almost 2 weeks from now, but [...]

Today was the first time of leading worship in 2009 for me today. I led in both services today at Sunset which is a bit unusual. Here are both sets for the morning with the keys in parenthesis: 9am Oh For a Thousand Tongues to Sing Friend of God (D) Let the Praises Ring (E) [...]

I thought about this while biking on the way home from church tonight…fortuitous bouncing needs a new name. Leave a comment and share some ideas. I want to stick with this weekly installment, but I’m bored with the name and judging by how many of you comment and read it each week…it isn’t too catchy [...]

Part One/Part Two Much of the Bible is written from the position of the oppressed. We see this within the Old Testament prophets. Most of them came from situations where they were being attacked by enourmous empires. In the Bible the mighty empires are the Egyptians, the Babylonians, the Persians, the Assyrians, and then the [...]

Part One: From Oppressed to Oppressors In the first part of the book Bell establishes God’s care for the oppressed by walking through the story of Israel from Cain to Solomon. He summarizes that theme by saying: “God always hears the cry of the oppressed. God cares about human suffering and the conditions that cause [...]