Below is an update from Shawn Farrell, who oversees our high school ministry.
The Jefferson team is home. A group of 15 Fusion people (led by Jonas Tracy and Tony Miller) and 14 HS students (led by Jimmy Apodaca and Shawn Farrell) spent the weekend in downtown Los Angeles ministering to the community at the Jefferson Church. This is an urban church located right outside of USC in a very low income neighborhood. The church is predominately Hispanic with 2/3 being bilingual and 1/3 speaking Spanish only. Brodie McClain’s family (he is the pastor) is one of the only white families in the neighborhood. Continue Reading →
In the beginning of his 
Everyone at the end of the night in front of the mural:
The General of the Confederate Army, Robert E. Lee (the statue in the picture is of him), was a man of honor and integrity, and he is known as one of the greatest leaders in all of American history. He had a particular abhorrence of selfishness that found its foundation in following after his Master, Jesus Christ. After the Civil War when a mother asked him what would be the greatest instruction she could give her infant son, his reply was, “Madam, teach him to deny himself.”
I’m not sure what I had in mind when I thought of my husband, Daniel, leading me spiritually. I guess I imagined a detailed Bible study plan with a specific time set apart for us to study together. Over time my expectations continued to drop until I was sure he was incapable of leading me. I’m sure a lot of wives have felt this way; we have a godly desire for our husbands to lead our families, but we sinfully grow discontent when our husbands don’t lead our families.