Justin Bieber’s Faith and Challenges

I must confess that I have never heard him sing or act, or do whatever he does, but I am encouraged by this discussion.

Justin Bieber’s Faith and Challenges

I'm back....

After over a year on hiatus I'm back at the insistence of Seth Godin. 

See Me On FACEBOOK!

Today I am officially shutting down my blog. This is my last post. It has been fun, but it seems that interest is moving towards the social networking area and I will be focusing my attention there. Thank you to all who have followed. Feel free to contact me via email or become a friend on Facebook.

Human Trafficking in Cambodia

A recent story in the Phnom Penh Post tells of a trial being held for several people involved in child abuse and human trafficking. The victim, an 11-year old girl was sold in 2008 for $400 and was regularly abused by her "owners". Hagar International rescued her and helped find a loving foster family. She is also in school now. It is estimated that around 28,000 children are working as domestic help in Phnom Penh. I am glad that these cases are being published so that the world can see what is going on and hopefully the Cambodian authorities will redouble their efforts to combat these crimes.

Read the story here.

Female Church Planters

My good friend and colleague Rebecca Tucker is starting a conversation about female church planters. For the next 4 Saturdays she will post her thoughts on her blog. Here is the schedule:

• jan 29: women church planters and networking
• feb 5: women church planters and church growth
• feb 12: women church planters and exclusion
• feb 19: women church planters and loneliness

Please pass this on to church planters or other interested people. I think it will be a good conversation.

Read it here.

What Is Your "Ministry Age"?

For those of you who are leaders in the church, Leadership Journal had an interesting survey to calculate your "ministry age"? I'm not sure how accurate it is, but my ministry age is 28. I love working with people who are between 18-35 years old and hope to do more of it in the future.

What is your ministry age?

Read about it and take the survey.

Pirated CD's in Cambodia?

Okay, can you help me here? In my trips to Cambodia the only CD's, Software or Movies that I saw that I suspected were NOT pirated were a couple of Christian music CD's by local artists at the Christian Bookstore in Phnom Penh. That's why I am confused that the government crushed 400,000 pirated CD's recently. According to a news story:

Movie and music piracy is commonplace in Cambodia, and many shops openly sell copies of both foreign and local movies and CDs for between USD 1 and 2 apiece.

Here's the whole story.

Fun Christmas Video

Just in time for the Holidays....

ME BE GONE from Two Rivers on Vimeo.

Triathlon for the Rest of Us

If I start training now I think I might be able to enter this Triathlon in Emeryville (CA). It will be held on Saturday, April 17, 2010. It is called the Shortest Triathlon Ever. The three events are:

100 yard Swim (in a heated swimming pool)
2.5 mile Bike (flat ride throughout Emeryville)
2.1 mile Run (flat course through Bat Street)

Read all about it.

PAINT Art

My mother, Clarice found a new media for her her art. She has been using the PAINT program that comes with Windows. Pretty amazing. I tried it and wasn't nearly as creative. Here is some of her artwork.

Here is my favorite...