Most of you know that I’m just coming out of the throes of a crisis of faith (short lived as it was). One of the things I realized during this time was that it wasn’t God I was trying to turn my back on (though it seemed it would be much simpler to do so)–it [...]

I heard about an incredible campaign today. Don’t Almost Give: Because almost giving is the same as not giving at all. Give your time. Your old clothes. Your money. There are lots of ways to give.

It’s BWC time again, and there’s a great article that recalls a year of a woman’s life in which she decided not to buy any new clothes (a la Penny in Blue Like Jazz). Read No Clothes for a Year.

Something about my faith (the noun, not the verb) grows everytime I read new articles from the Burnside Writer’s Collective. This time it’s an article about Hispanic services at church. Jeff wrote the article in response to a friend who remarked that churches with Hispanic services support illegal aliens. Before I proceed, I want to [...]

It’s very sad when someone is arrested for feeding hungry people, but that’s exactly what happened to Eric Montanez in Orlando, FL (HT: slactivist). A long-simmering dispute between homeless advocates and Orlando officials intensified Wednesday with the arrest of an activist feeding transients in Lake Eola Park downtown. Eric Montanez, 21, is the first to [...]

This year, the Denver Rescue Mission tried something new during the annual Easter celebration–washing feet! There were also doctors on hand to offer foot advice and remove callouses and such. New socks and shoes were distributed. It was a great success.  Watch the slideshow!

For me, Rudy Guiliani was a front-funner for the Republican nod for the 2008 elections. Then I saw this. “There must be public funding for abortions for poor women. We cannot deny any woman the right to make her own decision about abortion because she lacks resources.” You’ve gotta be kidding me. First off, no [...]

The other article in the Burnside Writer’s Collective that pierced me today looks at the motives behind serving. It contrasts true service with self-righteous service. Self-righteous service is impressed with the “big deal”, whereas true service makes no distinction between the large and the small. Be indiscriminate in your choice, knowing that God often considers [...]

Every month there seems to be at least one article by the Burnside Writer’s Collective that really causes me to take a deep look at myself and realize that I always fall short. This month, one of them is an article called An Honest Handshake. I saw myself reflected in this article. It’s about an [...]

I mentioned earlier how I felt like a failure because I didn’t show up to the GNC. I’ve been reflecting further on how social justice fits into Christianity. Am I just lazy? Is that why I didn’t go? Or is it bigger than that? I think it’s bigger than that. In America, we, as a [...]