by Dan King | Dec 10, 2012 | activist faith, haiti, orphan care, poverty, SERVE
[serialposts]I’ve thought a lot about Christmas gift giving lately. It’s something that weighs heavy on my mind now. Maybe it’s because I know it’ll be a pretty light year here in the King household. Between losing my job of 13 years just a few...
by Dan King | Nov 23, 2012 | christian music, life of worship
I’ve officially awakened from my tryptophan coma, which means it’s officially time for the Christmas season to begin! The passing of Thanksgiving means that many of us are probably getting the Christmas decorations down from the attic, and the children are...
by Dan King | Nov 21, 2012 | book reviews, READ
There were three of us. We sat in the back room of my house week after week, and talked about life and the Bible and anything else that came to mind. As an Evangelical Christian, I was working hard to help my “unsaved” friend find salvation. And the other...
by Dan King | Nov 7, 2012 | book reviews, READ
The first time it hit me that I was missing something was during a mission trip Africa. A Kenyan pastor was taking us around to a few homes of members in his congregation. I stood in the kitchen (a half-enclosed shed with a fire pit in the middle of the structure),...
by Dan King | Nov 6, 2012 | activist faith, haiti, poverty, SERVE
[serialposts] “No education, no future. With education, dreams come true!” I discovered these words scribbled in chalk on a door while visiting a very poor community during a recent mission trip. It’s a statement that’s stuck with me as...