This video has been around for a while. Still it is quite whimsical. A few people begin to dance in a train station. It is met with curiosity and suspicion. But they continue to dance, and other dancers join in. Soon even more in the crowd catch the joy. There is something wonderful and viral about joy. It spreads! The very best news is always like that. It can’t be contained.
Today, November 2, 2009, I was part of this inaugural event of the Diane and Guilford Glazer Institute for Jewish Studies at Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA . Over 400 people spent the day listening and interacting with Jewish, Muslim and Christian religious and political leaders. It was a fantastic event. Here are some of the [...]
This is a beautiful expression of the Christian faith from an African perspective. This creed was composed in 1960 by the Masai people of East Africa in collaboration with missionaries from the Congregation of the Holy Ghost. The creed attempts to express the essentials of the Christian faith within the Masai culture. Jaroslav Pelikan, a [...]
It is not easy to pastor a church. Eugene Peterson describes the church as mysterious and messy. The mystery of the church is often overshadowed by the messiness of the church that we encounter on a regular basis. So Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s statement in Life Together always shocks me and humbles me: Pastors should not complain about [...]
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