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The Jesus Center in the news Videos of the Jesus Center on the air Volunteering.mov (3.41 MB)Carlos.mov (3.41 MB) Commercial 1.mov (947 KB) Commercial 2.mov (934 KB) Annual banquet video.mov (6.12 MB), 2006 The Jesus Center in print Click here to read about the Run For Food in the Chico E-R, 2006
Click here to read the Jesus Center newsletter Click here to read about the Run For Food in the Chico E-R, 2007
Jesus Center Articles The Jesus Center Teleidoscope The idea of a teleidoscope grew out of the Chico City Council’s expressed interest in upgrading the Park Avenue corridor, the Jesus Center’s desire to be a good neighbor given our central location on Park Avenue, along with the Center’s enthusiasm for seeing transformed lives among Chico’s hungry and homeless. Read more...Helping the Least Among Us Jesus once told a story about a king who commends his subjects because they helped him when he was hungry, thirsty, without clothes, in prison or sick. The subjects professed ignorance about having done any of these things to him. The king replied that when they had helped the “least among you,” that is, those in need, they had met him. Read more...My Fish Story Walking through the parking lot of a church I was visiting, I saw a gleaming BMW with the Christian fish symbol on its trunk. Having spent years studying Greek, I knew the symbol well. The Greek word "ichthus" or "fish" in English Read more...Retelling the Good Samaritan Parable The Good Samaritan parable in Luke’s gospel has a long-standing place in the Hall of Good Stories of Compassion. Every one knows that the word “Samaritan” is a domesticated term – one that in today’s world would hardly induce the loathing its utterance brought forth among Jesus’ hearers. Read more...Evicting Campers at Comanche Creek I had a new experience as Director of the Jesus Center: joining with the City of Chico Code Enforcement team, the Police and Mental Health Councilors from Butte County Behavioral Health to serve an eviction notice to people living amid the star thistles and sage brush along Comanche Creek. Read more...Perspectives: Lazarus is near: Just look around It didn't take me more than two or three seconds after reading the parable to figure out that I am the rich man. (in my case, the rich woman) Read more... |
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