Baby Leino

I was looking through my blog reader today and I read a post by NewBoxes. After reading his post I immediately went over to check out the blog he referred me to.

There is a blog for Baby Leino. Issac Leino is a little guy that was born to loving parents in February of this year and he went home to be with the Lord this last Sunday evening. Issac was born with many medical issues and his parents decided to create a blog archiving his journey. As I read through post after post, I was impacted, saddened, in awe and most of all encouraged by this little family that found such hope and faith in God through this journey. And seeing the response to the blog, God has used them to impact 1000's.

When you have a chance read through Isaac's journey. It will bless you

They Hate The Church

I am always very intrigued by what non-Christian/religious people think of our little Christian world. In talking to some, there is often a sense of interest, but more in the story of Jesus than in what our church is about. God is definitely teaching me how to relate to those who don't like the church. How do I listen when I so desperately want to just shake them. I'm learning.

I wanted to post a link to an interesting article. I was reading this blog and saw a link to an article and I read and read. It is an article written for the "The Stranger" and online newspaper in Seattle. that should clue you in that this discussion by non-Christian people is going to be pretty non-Christian. The writers attended 31 different churches in one month and then wrote their reviews. As I read through them, most were written from the sense that the writer was never going to be interested in the church in the first place. May not be a very unbiased...but interesting none the less.

If you choose to read through this article, please be warned that it is pretty harsh and there is some abusive language. Which means that you should probably read through this article. This is the mission field we live in right now. Remember, we don't evangelize...God does, but we need to be his vessel and light.

Check out the article here