Famine: Pray for Northern Africa

The largest humanitarian disaster of 2012 was the most under-reported. 

We're talking about the Sahel food crisis in sub-Saharan Africa where nearly 19 million people faced starvation last year. Unfamiliar? 

The Sahel (Arabic for "Shore") is a 3,400-mile expanse that reaches from coast to coast of Africa, between the Sahara desert and the savanna. It covers parts of Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Algeria, Niger, Nigeria, Chad, Sudan, South Sudan, Cameroon, and Eritrea.

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New American Sins

Resolutions relating to technology are becoming more common—particularly those that involve spending less time on it. The research shows nearly half of Americans (44%) say they are tempted to spend too much time with media, including the Internet, television and video games. Another “new” media-related temptation is to express anger or “go off” on someone by text or email. Overall, one out of nine Americans (11%) say they often or sometimes feel tempted to do this.

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The Star of Bethlehem

New Year's Telugu Service in Rahway

Our Telugu Fellowship had a wonderful service on New Year's Eve. Here is one of the worship songs they performed.

Mission or Marketing

Two links for your consideration today. The first is to an article in The New York Times that talks about new churches in the USA that are trying new approaches to winning converts. Now I am a spiritual entrepreneur because I have started two new churches (one Spanish and one Telugu) and an Internet Mission (of which this site is a part). So I am on the side of these entrepreneurial guys. However, the second link is to a new church that I think crosses the line from evangelism to marketing in order to just get more bodies through the doors. Read and decide for yourself. Peace, Pastor Bill

Link to NYTimes article

Link to Life in Deep Ellum