Sex Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery

 "Not to know is bad.  Not to want to know is worse.  Not to hope is unthinkable.  Not to care is unforgivable."  Nigerian saying.

Call to Prayer for Victims of Sex Trade Trafficking
Sunday 25 September 2011

This event might be over, but the battle goes on.....for we understand that in this battle we wrestle "against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms" (Ephesians 6:12).

To know more about sex trade in our own backyard, please read the New York Times article here.  US was ranked on Human Trafficking Report for first time on June 15, 2010 here.

A White Horse Named Christ

It all started with the "white horse named Jesus":

In the middle of a discipleship class I was teaching last semester, Joey suddenly shared with the class that he had a vision (while reading Revelation) of horse racing....and the white horse was Jesus.  So he wanted to buy a pure white horse and name it Jesus....like the white horses in the book of Revelation (7 and 19).  And he would put the white horse in the race and since its name is Jesus, it would win all the races.  And then he would give all the winning money to the church.

           To say that I was caught by surprised was probably an understatement.  This discussion of "a white horse named Jesus" then slow evolved in the next 45 min. into a whole discussion of the pro and cons (and Christian views) of gambling, drinking, and yes, even prostitution.  Of course, the context of the discussion centered around life on Indian Reservation.  You see, Joey was part Indian (on his dads side from Mexico) and was married to a native American Indian from Sycuan.