Richard Stearns, President of World Vision, writes: “the world we live in is under siege—three billion are desperately poor, one billion hungry, millions are trafficked in human slavery, ten million children die needlessly each year, wars and conflicts are wreaking havoc, pandemic diseases are spreading, ethnic hatred is flaming, and terrorism is growing. Most of …
Author Archives: David Kendall
LIVING ON THE FAULT-LINE, PART 2
In the aftermath of great tragedy, of human or “natural” origin, if we have eyes to see it, we realize that the powers that seem to hold everything together are losing their grip; they are not to be trusted, no matter what they promise. Life on the fault lines of the present age is shaky …
LIVING ON THE FAULT-LINE, PART 1
Where were you on 9/11? No doubt you can remember as I can. It was an event that etched itself into our collective as well as individual memories. I also recall my shock and dismay when I heard one prominent Televangelist say that the 9/11 attack on the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center …
WHY I NEED LENT
We have just entered the season made sacred by Jesus’ urgent invitation: “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me” (Luke 9:23). I confess my need of Lent—that time of the year when the mind’s eye and the heart’s ear give acute attention …
HUMAN SACRIFICE AND FOLLOWING JESUS
One cannot follow Jesus without sacrifice. That seems clear since the one we follow embraced sacrifice and to follow him necessarily means following this embrace. Sacrifice stands at the heart of discipleship. Jesus’ call was: if any would follow, they must deny self (sacrifice), take up cross (sacrifice) and follow—which in this case meant going …