Check out this YWAM San Francisco last minute miracle!

"At our recent Love Your Neighbor fundraising dinner, not only was it a special night of celebration, we also received more than $200,000 in gifts and pledges from generous donors in the room. That night moved us closer to erasing our mortgage!And now, after 11 years of faithful stewardship, generous donors, and God's provision, we …

Improving Samaritans

If we’re willing to compare ourselves to our “Exemplary Samaritan,” we have to admit that there’s plenty of room––Grand Canyon-sized room––for us to improve. Since our resemblance to him is murky at best, the status of “Good Samaritan” seems a little too lofty to take on. So, let’s at least aspire to the rank of …

The Cost of Worship

Mary, who already loved Jesus and was now even more grateful to him for raising her brother, brought with her an alabaster jar of sweet-smelling ointment worth a year’s wages. She dumped it on his head and his feet, and then wiped his feet with her hair. How much do you make in a year? …

What’s a “Samerican”?

“Once, when Jesus brought his disciples into Samaritan territory, he challenged their age-old prejudice. He told them, ‘Open your eyes,’ so they would be able to see a great spiritual harvest among these loathed people. Later, when framing the socio-geographical extent of their mission, he included Samaria along with Jerusalem, Judea, and the ends of …

Francis #2

I recently mentioned my friend Francis, an older man with a long unkempt white beard, soiled and sweat-stained clothes, worn tennis shoes, and an odor that lasted in your mind longer than you wished. Though he is limited in social skills and displays some mental health issues, Francis reads five or six newspapers a day …