Lon's Blog

Those of you who have read my blogs before...either here on Bethany's website or Facebook posts...know that the tone of today's political discource is a source of heartache for me.  And, as we head towards November 2012, I sense my fear and tripidation rising.

When God was talking to Joshua just before Joshua led the Israelites into the Promised Land, God assured him of his presence and said: “Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified, do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” (Joshua 1:9) 

Bethany Church has recently completed a 6 week all church study based on Richard Stearns’ book, The Hole in Our Gospel. For those of you who haven’t read the book yet, please do. It is amazing! This partially autobiographical challenge to the American church opens our eyes to a hurting world that too often we have simply ignored. A world living on $2 a day. A world without access to safe water sources. A world that is hungry. A world where injustice occurs far too frequently.

The late Dr. Bill Bright of Campus Crusade for Christ told this story of a famous oil field called Yates Pool:

“During the Depression this field was a sheep ranch owned by a man named Yates. Mr. Yates wasn’t able to make enough on his ranching operation to pay the principal and interest on the mortgage, so he was in danger of losing his ranch. With little money for clothes or food, his family (like many others) had to live on government subsidy.

I was a political science major at UCLA and politics have always been an interest for me. I enjoy following court decisions, policy discussions, and election campaigns.

Or maybe I should say that I used to enjoy following election campaigns.