Part of my job involves event planning, and we usually raffle off prizes (usually good prizes) to attract more people. We even tried to get a used car to raffle off at the Gumbo Cook-Off this year (it didn’t work out). There’s no question that if you want to attract a lot of people to...
If there is one essential to Christianity, it is that at its core we have the Gospel- literally, the Good News. The Gospel we preach produces the churches we get. Over the last ten years I’ve spent a lot of time on determining what the Gospel is. What comprises the Gospel? What makes it good...
Lastly, it is concluded that sin which offends God is worthy of punishment. The means by which a person avoids punishment is provided for by God in Christ. Christ has to be more than the lwa and saints, someone to whom the peasant can come and ask for help. In all the talk concerning the...
While rural Haitians might misunderstand sin in the biblical context, they certainly are not immune from suffering the consequences of sin’s curse. Pain and suffering are their constant companions physically, economically, politically, and spiritually. In order to come to a proper biblical understanding of sin, three primary paradigm shifts must occur within their worldview. These...
There is a famous Haitian Creole proverb that translates, “Rocks in the river don’t know the pain of rocks in the sun.” Oftentimes, this is intended to denote the inability those who are affluent have in identifying with the emotional, mental, and physical grief of those suffering from acute poverty in Haiti. Unfortunately, this proverb...
