Here are ways to to reach out to Muslims especially in this time of war courtesy of YWAM's Graham Fawcett , co-chair of the Centre for International Justice and Reconciliation. Let us seize the moment to make the most of every opportunity to show the love of God in word and deed to those around us.

1. Write to the Immam of your local Mosque expressing concern for the Muslims in your area as people. If you do not have a local Mosque then write to the National leadership.


2. Ask Muslims you meet regularly how they are doing - work colleagues, shop keepers, students, university lecturerers and teachers. Speak to them as people just like yourself who are concerned by the War and it's effects.


3. As a Church or local group contact your local council or City Hall which, in ethically diverse areas, will usually have community relations officers who can facilitate meetings.


4. Establish and maintain relationships now for the future - seek to understand the desire for justice by Muslims and the concern that they have that a war on a despot could become a war on Islam.


5. Remember to pray for the Ethically diverse groups within Iraq - Assyrians, Christians, Kurds, Marsh Arabs, Shiites, Sunni and those living abroad for wisdom, peace and safety.

The Iraq crisis overshadows the existing crisis in Africa particularly Eritrea and Ethiopia. Hmm. I wonder if it has anything to do with priorities like oil and military might. “The next few months are critical for Eritrea and Ethiopia,” says Tearfund's Ian Wallace. “If a major conflict occurs in Iraq we hope that the aid sent in will be additional aid and not resources taken away from relief operations in African countries.”
Here is the site for Tearfund
an organization that is doing work in Ethiopia and Iraq also.

I went to my grandfather's church on yesterday. It was Men's Day. The topic was men of God with a new vision. If that doesn't speak to my situation right now I don't know what does.


The purpose of a vision


1. Encouragement Acts 18:9,10


2. Guidance Acts 16:9,10


3. Life Proverbs 28:19

Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth. Psalm 46:10

Right now it feels so weird to be still. Almost like I am in outer space. There is silence in my life. There is darkness also but that is where and when God speaks. It is so hard for us christians to deal with darkness and silence. It's not a hard thing for God. Darkness and silence are raw material for Him to create . Remember Genesis 1:2,3. This is the cost of discipleship.To truly follow God and not know where you are going and not have all the answers when the only thing you know is that He is God.

The begena is a traditional ethiopian instrument and is said to be the ten stringed harp of King David.
Learn more about the begena

I wonder if it would be too "unorthodox" to combine the spiritual music of the begena with modern influence in order to communicate a spiritual message to the youth of modern ethiopia. Hmmm. There goes my western "progressive" mind again.

"Ethiopia has three things in abundance; children, birds and churches." Amen.
Check out the story It is amazing how the world is being filled with youth. In the 10/40 window young people under 35 make up most of the population. They are subject to poverty, abuse, no education and a lack of opportunity. As followers of Christ it is our mandate to write them another story.

Revival is not an event. It is a way of life. Here is a site from the people at Watchword. These guys are intense. There are some great articles in there and once you read those bios you will be convicted and motivated at th same time to be a spiritual revolutionary.

Here is an interesting fact about christian "vocation".
Each year, 600,000 full-time ordained workers (clergy, ministers, missionaries) reach retiring age; 150,000 then discover that their employers provide no old-age pensions.

600,000 is alot of people to be inactive. Where are the reinforcements?

My posts are just random and sporadic for right now because I am kind of frustrated on my ethiopia plans and also getting a better job. Fast food just doesn't pay the billz.

In the meantime I am meditating on monasticism and coffehouses and 24-7 prayer rooms and the implications of what God can do with them to reach this generation internationally.

Here is a report from a ministry in India called Gen X Coffehouse: 'Right now, we have 6 coffee houses functioning in various parts of the city. Each coffee houses consists of 100-120 people, mostly young people. We are reaching more than 6000 people a year and 40000 in colleges and schools. And each year 600 people are saved. Instead of inviting them to the existing Churches, from now on we have aimed to plant youth Churches in our city."

It's been a long time since I posted. I got all bogged down with preaching and doing our Plugged in Worship service. God is really moving in our midst and I am amped up about our college ministry.

Here are the pictures from the
Plugged in Service. I think it was the first Vineyard Service with so many black people :)