Culture

Conflict and Culture

There are a few key things I want to jump into regarding Sunday’s sermon from James 3:13-18.  I’ll get right to it. My personal experience: Early in ministry, I prided myself on my courage and strength. I regularly applauded myself for defending the truth and for speaking with courage.  Others applauded me for my ‘power’ and ‘anointing.’  I…

Faith Visible to the World

I moved to Oregon in 1994 from Texas.  Texas was my home for my first 24 years and was the only culture I knew.  In a country as big as the United States, it’s hard to imagine the vastness of different cultures.  But when I moved to Oregon, I was in a bit of culture shock.  This was not…