George's Journey

What Makes a Church a Church?

Did Jesus plan for His church to be imperfect?

He certainly planned for it to filled with imperfect people, saved sinners.

He planned for it to be lead by mature but still imperfect people. One of the most prominent church leaders of all time, Paul, proclaimed that he was the chief of sinners.

When the Holy Spirit wrote to many of the churches of Christ in the first century He did so because they were not getting church right. There is more in the letters of the New Testament about what was wrong with those churches than what was right.

Despite all this God regards this imperfect church as His church. So, what makes a church a church? I have some ideas from scripture. I hope you do as well and are willing to share them with me. What do you think? I will share my perspective in my next posting.

Help for the Homeless

Increasingly the church where I work is being faced with ministering to the homeless and we have been feeling increasingly helpless in actually helping them. Our Community Ministry has organized a special seminar this Saturday on How to Help the Homeless. Rudy Salinas from the PATH organization will be speaking on how to reach out to the chronically homeless. Click Here for more information

Religion in the USA

Just in case you haven't seen it here is the link to the full report from the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. Very interesting.

Time Flies When You're Miserable

I can't believe it has been so long since I have blogged. At least that proves I am not addicted. Been laid low with the flu along with most of the populations of Southern California. Then I had to chase my tail to catch up on all the work I missed.

How about those Lakers? Pretty much makes my move to LA a winner. I can't believe how well they are playing. At least Kobe doesn't have to try and save them every game although he had to take over a bit a couple of games ago. Go Lakers.

I have made any final decisions but I am feeling a strong temptation to become a Dodgers fan. I know I am an unashamed swing fan. However I do love the Padres but I can get such good tickets to the Dodger games from my friend. And the legend, Joe Torre, is coaching the Dodgers. I must confess I am receiving daily emails from Dodger spring training. I feel like such a traitor. Well, maybe the Padres will not be that good this year and my pending seduction to the dark side will make sense. I feel so dirty.

Grace Cafe Live

I am sitting at Grace Cafe with my coffee (with Irish Coffee) flavoring. Listening to a couple sing some great songs. The atmosphere is really relaxed. The vibe is good. And nobody thinks I am weird because I am typing on my laptop. Well, at least it's too dark for them for me to seeing their disapproving eyes. I'm not paranoid. Much!

I just set up the table tennis table. Can't wait to show these young bucks how good I am at table tennis.

I see some of the local neighborhood kids who often skateboard around the building.

The young adults have done a great job in getting this ministry moving. Keep on moving us Lord.

Grace CAFE Set to Start

After much prayer and preparation Grace Cafe is set to launch this Saturday at 7 pm.

If you are in the Glendale are drop by.

If you aren't, then please pray that this effort will succeed in introducing many to Jesus.