One of my deep joys of the last few years has been meeting and getting to know folks from Invisible Children - employees, roadies, former roadies, folks from Uganda, and others who have impacted and been impacted by the story there.
To celebrate our day off this past Monday, Kiera and I spent several hours at The King Center, also known as the Martin Luther King, Jr.
Recently, I had the opportunity to read The Hole in Our Gospel by Richard Stearns through Thomas Nelson's BookSneeze program for bloggers.
I've made no secret that I love Donald Miller. His books and blog have encouraged me, shaped my thinking, and challenged me.
I recently read Follow Me to Freedom: Leading As an Ordinary Radical by Shane Claiborne and John Perkins, and as I expected it was a wonderful read.
As you may know, Haiti has a rainy season that is in its beginning stages.
Lastnight, we had the opportunity to see Jim Wallis of Sojourners in Atlanta on the book tour for his new book, Rediscovering Values: On Wall Street, Main Street, and Your Street.
I've never been a person who wanted to go to Israel. I've known lots of people who wanted to go, and a good number of people - pastors and professors and such - who have been, but nothing I'd heard in the past has been at all compelling.
I talk fairly often here about my passion for Invisible Children, and the power of their story and the impact that it has on people's lives.
We continue to watch the misery that the Haitian people continue to endure. I feel that it is impossible to overstate, and also impossible for us on the outside to understand.
Jonathan Stegall is a web designer and emergent / emerging follower of Jesus currently living in Atlanta, seeking to abide in the creative tension between theology, spirituality, design, and justice.
"That is the question at the heart of this crisis, and as we struggle together to answer it, I am convinced that what we don’t need is bigger buildings or fancier sound equipment, better pastors or more parishioners, newer ministries or deeper pockets. What we need is bigger banquet tables."
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