Apparently, 45 percent of Cambodia is owned by foreigners. Speculators have rushed to buy cheap and “available” beach front and island property. The problem is the land really isn’t available, unless you pay no regard to the people living and doing business there. Whole villages have been cleared out and businesses forcibly closed with little [...]

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My friend, Wayne Matthysse (in the photo), is the director of an orphanage in Cambodia. He has a heart of compassion, and he’s taken plenty of battering in life to help shape it that way. I can’t agree with him on some things, but I love being in conversation with him and learn so much. [...]

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Here’s a quote via Wayne Jacobsen’s blog:
Sometimes in an effort to remind people of the cost of the cross, we withhold grace until we are sure they understand their sin. But it is in giving of our grace that we remind people that they need to go to Jesus to find their own. People understand [...]

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I’ve been listening to The God Journey and taking notes. The other day I listened to a podcast in my car on the way to Costco and back (we live 15 minutes away now — pretty close by Tokyo standards). Anyway, I listened to a podcast entitled “What One Little Prayer Can Do.” I won’t [...]

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