The Saints Are Coming!

U2 and Green Day? Not the most obvious combination, but here's their joint video of the song performed at the halftime of the first post-Katrina Saints home game! Enjoy!

Still Learning in the City

I consistently chide my friend Glenn about being late, as much as an hour late, to The Gathering. His reasons, or excuses, range from heavy traffic (he rides a bike and is very cautious) to laundry to NASCAR on TV. Recently his work hours have been cut back due to the Goodyear strike, so he is now on a four day week. And what is he doing with his day off? He's volunteering in PATH's food pantry! Here is a guy who has some mental limitations, gets around on an old bike, and rents a minimal apartment, but feels he has something of value to give to the community, his time! Praise the LORD for servants like Glenn who put me to shame and teach me so much! My values of promptness and consistency may not be the most important ones, especially among my friends like Glenn!

Let the Little Ones Come to Jesus!

"She's been listening, whether you knew it or not," Pam said. She had "caught" her daughter Shelby singing "Open the Eyes of My Heart" to herself that day, knowing she had not heard it except at The Gathering. The world is watching (and listening)!

More from WR on the Kingdom

"Because the Kingdom of God has been dropped as the primary and comprehensive aim of Christianity, and personal salvation has been substituted for it, therefore men seek to save their own souls and are selfishly indifferent to the evangelization of the world."
Walter Rauschenbusch

Community is breaking out everywhere!

I love it when I learn a lesson from "the poor" I have come to serve. Last night at Karing Kitchen, Philip, who has been at death's door with Hepatitis C, gave me a $10 donation. After his Interferon treatments he is recovering, his Hepatitis is in remission, and he has taken a job at the grocery store. He is bulking back up and looking forward to a career and a life! He wants to share from his "bounty" as a grocery sacker who still has no car and is renting a barely-habitable garage apartment! He believes he is a part of this community and that he has something of value to share; and he's right. He teaches and inspires and shames me! Of such is the Kingdom of Heaven.....