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Christian Bikers Vs. Hell’s Angels = Apocalypse Countdown

I saw the above headline and couldn't help but take a look at the article.

It seems that in Los Angeles there's a group of "Christian" bikers called the Set Free Soldiers.  On August 6th they met up with another biker gang – Hell's Angels – at a Newport Beach bar. The result [...]

Political violence in Zimbabwe: A Vineyard Church Report

The South African Vineyard AVC published a first hand story of the Vineyard Churches in Zimbabwe are handling the political violence. It is a very touching report – and a great reminder of the struggles our brothers go through everyday. You can read the full report here – some highlights are listed below. Note: [...]

Meeting the Eastern Orthodox Church

On our journey to South America we stopped at a L.A. hotel for breakfast. As we sat there chatting I began to notice a whole bunch of long bearded, black robed guys wondering around… being a sharp minded genius, I picked up on the huge crosses dangling from their necks and figured out that [...]

Boise Vineyard Highlighted on the 700 Club

A few weeks ago the 700 Club came to Boise and interviewed some of the folks at our church about our community garden, the Garden o' Feedin'. I would enbed the video, but for some reason I can’t get that part to wok.. sigh…  so you will have to follow this link to watch [...]

Brandi Swindell: Arrested in China – Round 2

Yelp – Brandi Swindell, the gal I told you all about yesturday, tried to hold a prayer meeting / news conference in Tiananmen Square today. The result of said prayer meeting was getting dragged out of the Square by plain clothes police.  (full story) 

It is unknown if they are still in custody [...]

Three American Christian and Pro-Life Leaders Arrested in Beijing

The radio is an amazing invention. It brings the joy of music into our lives, homes and cars. And, sometimes, it brings the deep voice of an NPR news broadcaster to the forefront of one’s mind:

Brandi Swindell of Generation Life in Boise, Idaho arrested in Beijing.

That’s what my ears heard as I [...]

A Promise Made In Paraguay

While in Paraguay I made a promise to a young lady to post her picture on my blog. Being a man of my word, I would like everyone to meet Y.  

Y, the world.

A bit about Y – she goes to the Paraguay Vineyard where she is part of the worship [...]

Coffee House and Disposable Income

It’s a sad day in Boise. After a month of missing the best chai tea in town, I wondered down to my favorite coffee house for a bit of R&R. As I walked through the doors what would my eyes see except a sign displaying the horrors of horrors: Shamrock Coffee Company is closing [...]

Round Earth: The Greatest Conspiracy

Paul once said that people will turn the truth into fiction and fiction into truth. Flat earth folks do this on a whole new level.

Yelp – I’m talking about people who believe that the earth is flat (who knows, maybe it’s cared through space on the backs of four elephants?). Most of us [...]

Banksy Identity Has Been Discovered (Supposedly)

I almost dropped my cereal bowl.

Here I was innocently flipping through an old Time magazine (give me a break, I was in South America!!) while eating breakfast… out jumps a small phrase: Banksy Identity Has Been Discovered. It was enough to almost make me dropped my cereal bowl and go running for the [...]