Category: Suffering

  • Are People in Edina Racist?

    I’m white and my wife is ethnically Korean.  We live in Edina, MN, the most affluent suburb in the state.  It is 94.28% white.  Today my wife experienced the sad reality of being Korean in a predominantly white city. A couple months ago she received a speeding ticket.  She was coasting down a hill near…

  • A Suffering, Serving God

    It has come to my attention that God humiliates himself.  He is a God who chooses to bind himself to the most embarrassing types of people.  He is a God who likes to hang out with the un-cool kid in school.  He is a God who chooses the Israelites because they are a weak people. …

  • Christmas in Congo

    Imagine Congo Imagine celebrating Christmas in an African church.  I spent a year in Malawi, Africa, and I learned first hand how special worshiping with African brothers and sister can be.  Their music is rhythmic.  The preaching is passionate.  Their love for Jesus is contagious.  Their week-to-week services are amazing, so just imagine how wonderful it…