Born to Sing

I have said it many times before, but I really believe that one of most important ways to communicate the Gospel in this generation will be through the arts and media. Every time I travel to various places, I am amazed to see how universal music is to people from all different backgrounds. When someone […]

Destiny Campaign Journal

For the next 40 days, we will have a Bible Reading Journal where some people will be writing down some of their reflections and thoughts on the bible passage for that particular day. I had the privilege of writing the first reflection as the reading for today was on Psalm 145. You can check it […]

The Start of the 40-Days to Destiny

Our journey has started today. This is the e-mail that I sent to our church members couple of days ago.     Dear Church Family, I just wanted to remind all of you that tomorrow will be the start of the 40-Days to Destiny. It is my sincere prayer that everyone in our church will […]

Backward Masking

In the early 1980’s with the rise of the holiness movement, people were encouraged to throw away their secular records (we did not have CD’s or mp3 back then). Some of the youth pastors and Christian leaders held “Rock & Roll Seminars” to explain the various dangers of listening to secular music. One specific aspect […]

Dissertation Research Update

It is not easy to keep up with fitness when a person is away from home or traveling. All the extra items (i.e. running shoes, extra shirts and socks, etc) that have to be packed deter a person from keeping their commitment to health. But on this trip I decided to be faithful to my […]

Dissertation Writing In Boston

I arrived in Boston yesterday in the evening. I am going to spend this whole week writing some portions of my dissertation for my doctor of ministry degree that I am trying to finish at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Not too long ago, I felt a great burden to hurry up and finish this paper. A […]

Tea Connoisseur

After lunch, we went to a place called the Tea Gallery, owned by one of Pastor Victor’s members. It is an Asian furniture store and tea gallery all in one. We ended up tasting some great tea. I am amazed at all the skill and technique that goes into preparing the tea. I ended up […]

AMI TLT Meeting in NYC

I am at DTW waiting to get on a flight to JFK. For the next 3-4 days, I will be with the TLT (trans-local team) of AMI to pray, plan and prepare for the future things and events. There is so much going on and we are trying to make sure that we are doing […]

2008 Ministry Team Appreciation Dinner

It was great spending some time tonight with people who are serving in the various ministry teams in our church. I was reminded (once again) that people really do make up the church. It is inspiring to see people who have experience the grace and mercy of God and in response to that grace and […]

Diesel: The Junior Class

I had the opportunity to meet up with the Junior Class yesterday. It was encouraging to see so many of them come out. We ended up going around and sharing our 411. Then I opened up the floor for questions. The questions ranged from “what was your past like?” to “how do we achieve unity […]

B-School Students

Yesterday I had the opportunity to meet with some of the business school students. Whenever I get to hang guys in the b-school it is a great joy for me. The incredible potential to make a difference in the world through these students is huge. Many of them are thinking beyond the typical goal of […]

Alumni Phone Conference

Last night, I had a phone conference with some of the HMCC alumni. We had close to 20 people on this phone conference and it was awesome reconnecting with them. I had them go around and share what they were doing currently and the one thing they missed about HMCC. I was able to see […]

The Game: The Questions

I have been doing “relationship” seminars and sermons for close to 16+ years. But for some reason, I felt like this year I wanted to approach it a bit differently. I have seen many generations come and go at the University of Michigan, but one thing remains constant – the topic of relationship is still […]

Creative Sports

I am always fascinated with children’s creativity. I think sometimes as we get older we lose some of the edge on creativity and spontaneity of a child. Today after dinner, the kids and I decided to play hockey… well, kind of like field hockey. For our stick, we used a small badminton-like rackets, toy golf […]

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