5 Places to Eat in West Las Vegas

Posted on 02/28/2010 by Benji Zimmerman Posted in Other | 2 Comments

It’s Sunday morning and I am tired. It has been a long week and a frustrating one at times. Buying a house, maintaining a strong work ethic, serving & supporting my pregnant wife, and digging into the topic of social injustice is just about as much as I can handle. Honestly, I need a break. So instead of posting about the relational, spiritual or leadership principles I might have learned this week I thought I would post something else completely … →

Action Takes Effort

Posted on 02/26/2010 by Benji Zimmerman Posted in Honesty, Other | Leave a comment

Here is something that I recognize from this week: action takes effort. All week I have been talking about social injustice and different organizations/causes you could get involved with. I have been convicted as I take a deeper look into my own heart about what I care about and what I am willing to sacrifice. Truth be told: I am not willing to sacrifice much. Action takes TOO MUCH effort. And I am COMFORTABLE. Or at least I justify it … →

3 Causes For the Long Term

Posted on 02/25/2010 by Benji Zimmerman Posted in Honesty, Other | Leave a comment

On Tuesday I posted about the 3 causes I believe everyone should get involved in: community, church, passion. Yesterday I posted about 3 causes that need our help immediately: Village of Hope Uganda, A Home in Haiti, and Verve. But if you are anything like me, and I am guessing that a few of you are, the vast amount of organizations available out there to support leads me wondering if I am supporting the best thing for a particular injustice. … →

3 Causes that need YOUR help TODAY

Posted on 02/24/2010 by Benji Zimmerman Posted in Honesty, Other | 2 Comments

Yesterday I mentioned that there are millions upon millions of Non-profit causes in the United States that are fighting against social injustice around the world. I tried to ease us into the conversation with 3 causes that you could support immediately: your community, your church, and your passion. However, sometimes easing into a conversation has little effect and doesn’t really challenge one to take action. TODAY WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION! A few weeks ago when the tragedy struck Haiti, … →

3 Causes for Right Now

Posted on 02/23/2010 by Benji Zimmerman Posted in Honesty, Other | 1 Comment

Yesterday I mentioned that social injustice is happening all over the world at all times of the day. Because the world is experiencing so much heartache on any given day it would seem like it would be easy to get involved and make a difference. But the task seems so overwhelming that myself and maybe you as well, find all the excuses not to do something. It is really easy for me to talk myself out of one thing and … →

Social Injustice

Posted on 02/22/2010 by Benji Zimmerman Posted in Honesty, Other | 1 Comment

Social injustice is more than the buzzword of the 21st century. Social injustice is more than just becoming a fan of a cause on Facebook. Social injustice is real and it is happening every single second of every single day. Millions are dying from HIV/Aids, millions are dying from a lack of clean water and millions more are being sold into sex-trafficking. Every single second of every single day there is more pain and heartache around the world than we … →

My Baby

Posted on 02/21/2010 by Benji Zimmerman Posted in Other | 1 Comment

Although the ultrasound did not quite turn out as we had planned (our session was cut short, we didn’t get what was advertised and our baby wouldn’t cooperate) we were able to get some new pictures in 4-d of our baby Alexis Grace due the first week of May. Amazing what technology can do now that it couldn’t do just 20 years ago: Amazing! I absolutely love that little face. If you don’t know my wife, the bottom two pictures … →

And the Winner is . . .

Posted on 02/19/2010 by Benji Zimmerman Posted in Other | Leave a comment

Thanks to all who stopped by and commented on the blog this past week. A week ago we celebrated our first birthday, so we decided to give some books away! 3 to be exact: Primal by Mark Batterson Guerrilla Lovers by Vince Antonucci A Million Miles in A Thousand Years by Donald Miller Well thanks to IntenseDebate comment threading and a random number generator here are the winners: Primal goes to Kyle Reed Guerrilla Lovers goes to Josh Burns A … →

Option 1 or Option 2

Posted on 02/18/2010 by Benji Zimmerman Posted in Other | Leave a comment

A couple of days ago I had the privilege of meeting with Curtis Templeton and Jon Michell from First Christian Church of Huntington Beach. Their church is in the process of building a new cafe & bookstore inside one of their buildings. They were seeking help & advice about things that work and things that don’t. I was more than happy to help answer some of their questions. Over the past two years I have partnered with about a dozen … →

It’s Not the Church’s Job

Posted on 02/17/2010 by Benji Zimmerman Posted in Honesty | 2 Comments

Sometimes you can’t say things better than some one else. Today’s post is NOT written by me, if I was a great writer I would have written the following: It’s Not the Church’s Job I love the church. I have given my life to the church. I believe, as is often said, that the church truly is the hope of the world. But that’s not the church’s job. Sorry, I’m getting ahead of myself. Here you go: Make me close … →

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