becoming

Malibu Presbyterian Church was burnt to the ground in the recent South California fire. And yet people of faith refuses to give up. Listen to what their pastor Rev. Greg Hughes has to say:

“The strongest part of our community is the people, not the building,” Hughes said as he and colleagues sifted through ashes and charred file cabinets earlier this week, turning up an intact communion cup here and a melted laptop screen there.

“Ours is an Easter faith,” Hughes said. “Jesus looked dead on Friday but by Sunday he was resurrected. We pray that we’ll rise again and be better for it.”

Hughes has vowed not only to rebuild but also to honor his commitment, given the night before the fire, to pledge $500,000 to a teen center planned for inner-city L.A. by World Impact Los Angeles, a Christian missions organization.

“We’re knocked down,” Hughes said, “but we’re not knocked out.”

[LA Times]