This short video was filmed a day or two prior to Pastor Matt Chandler undergoing brain surgery. To see a blog that Matt wrote hours before surgery, click here. Matt has been an inspiration to me as a pastor, as I have benefited greatly from his...

Being a responsible consumer in America is really difficult. I will be the first to admit that. Products whose production trample on human rights and destroy the planet are readily available for low prices at just about any retailer you can think of,...

I’ll admit it, I’ve followed the Tiger Woods story fairly closely for the last week. I, like most of the world, have been shocked and saddened by the implosion of the image that he has projected for the duration of his professional career. It appears...

Last Thursday, on Thanksgiving morning, pastor Matt Chandler had a seizure and collapsed. Upon examination at the hospital, it was revealed that Chandler had a tumor on his frontal lobe. This morning (Friday 12/4) he is having surgery to remove the...

On Sunday Christie and I visited a church in Pasadena because one of our neighbors was preaching. Early in the service a family in the congregation came forward, read an Advent reading, and lit the first of four Advent candles. During the reading, a...