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A Call To Love + Stewardship: Tending To Eden, by Scott Sabin

March 4, 2010 //

I discovered the work of Plant With Purpose (formerly known as Floresta) through The Ecclesia Collective here in San Diego. I was hooked by the question on the flier advertising a seminar they were leading: What is the connection between deforestation and poverty? For me, the question went a step further: What does any of this have to do with loving & serving people, and participating in the mission of God in the world?

Tending to Eden: Environmental Stewardship for God’s People by Scott Sabin, executive director of Plant With Purpose, addresses these questions in a way environmental-laypeople like myself can understand and relate to. Eden is filled with engaging stories from Plant With Purpose’s work around the world, and from Scott’s own experience. I was happy to receive a review copy of Eden as part of the Plant With Purpose blog tour, which includes many thoughtful perspectives from across the blogosphere.

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Categories books, environment, faith, family, Kingdom of God, missional, nonprofit, stewardship

The Long Road To Reconciliation

February 25, 2010 //

Last week, I was stunned to see a steady stream of comments about something called the “Compton Cookout” in my Facebook feed. Students from a fraternity at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) organized an off-campus party mocking Black History Month. Some lowlights from the invite:

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Categories asian american, church, communication, community, faith, family, Kingdom of God, leadership, race, reconciliation, third culture

Let’s Play!

October 13, 2009 //

What does it say about the loss of play in our culture that it takes an automobile company to bring it back?

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Categories culture, design, faith, family

Third Way Thinking: Creative Tension

October 1, 2009 //

Third Way Thinking - tension

[Note: I’m picking up on a thread, Third Way Thinking, that I started awhile back – talking about third culture leaders and finding the groove]

James Choung shared a great quote from Roger Martin in The Opposable Mind this morning at our San Diego Asian American Minister’s meeting:

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Categories asian american, church, culture, faith, race, third way

Fail = Win

September 25, 2009 //

Yesterday, I heard this great story on NPR, Wall Streeters Weigh Life After “Giant Pool of Money.” (By the way, I highly recommend last year’s NPR/This American Life story, The Giant Pool of Money in which they explain things like subprime mortgage securitization in understandable ways.)

During the height of the financial boom, a young mortgage broker named Glen was living what many would describe as “the good life.” Still in his 20s, Glen was earning six figures every month and partying like a rock-star – velvet ropes, Cristal, and all.

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Categories culture, faith