Solar Audiobibles Sent to Haiti

This may be one of the more original evangelistic approaches to the Haiti disaster. The group "Faith Comes By Hearing" is shipping 600 solar-powered audio Bibles, which can broadcast scripture up to 500 people. In a time of despair, they can offer hope to both the literate and illiterate.

And yes, to the cynics out there, this is being shipped AFTER the food, water, and medical supplies have already come into the country.

A positive story about Christianity...in the NY Times

I didn't know what to think when I saw this story on the top of the NY Times homepage, but I'm glad that I read it. Basically it's the story of a church in Georgia that chose to forsake it's segregated, homogeneous white past to start ministering to the influx of refugees in their community. The more compelling part of the story is why they did it. Because the mother ship Willow Creek said it's the right thing to do? No. Because lots of other churches in the area were doing it? Not even close. Because they needed their stock as a church to go up, so they could be the biggest and best church in town. Nope. It was simply because the Bible says so. Jesus' teachings about loving your neighbor and unity within the church became real and they decided to accept it.

With his church failing, Mr. Perrin and other longtime members looked to the Scriptures for guidance and found what they believed was a mandate from Jesus to diversify their church.

“We realized that what the Lord had in store for that old Clarkston Baptist Church was to transition into a truly international church and to help minister to all these ethnic groups moving into the county,” Mr. Perrin said.

It's good to see Christianity in a positive light sometimes. Perhaps there is something good about having us around.

Good bye for now

As some of you know on Thursday (April 26) I will be leaving on a mission trip to Swaziland, Africa. I will be gone for two weeks, this brings joy to some and sorrow to others while most of you probably won't even notice I'm gone. We're going to be working with a fabulous ministry called African Leadership Partners, who create foster homes for some of the millions of children orphaned by the AIDS crisis in Africa. We will be doing a vacation bible school and helping out around the farm in any way we can. We're not necessarily going to be spreading the gospel, but we will be helping to provide some hope in what is in many cases a hopeless situation. This I believe is in the greatest sense what it is to evangelize - to bring hope. I would love it if those of you who are Christians would pray for me and the team while we are gone. Thank you for your support.