This past year, I’ve had the privilege of working with Compassion International and LEAD 222 to help create some preparatory content for this year’s One Meal One Day (OMOD) event. On Nov. 9, 2011, students all across the nation will skip a meal and raise money for Compassion International. Aside from just the monetary aspect, …
President Obama spoke at the Annual Hispanic Prayer Breakfast yesterday. I was surprised that he set up and addressed the issue of immigration reform and urged pastors and clergy to carry out their ministry in partnership with his power in politics. The meat of it begins at about 2:00. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c652tFad9eM] “Immigration is a moral imperative, …
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I was reminded this morning on the difference between meditation as practiced by Eastern mysticism versus Christianity. In Eastern pantheistic monism, the goal of meditation is to empty the mind such that there are no individualized thoughts. It is in essence intellectually contentless meditation, an attempt to become one with Reality by tuning one’s soul …
A friend of mine through a coaching/mentoring organization I’m a part of has come up with a cool concept. When a bunch of us were in Guatemala last year September with Compassion International, we were introduced to a nation-changing program called the Leadership Development Program (LDP). Basically, Compassion chooses the best of its graduating high …
