If you had even a marginally good childhood, "home" was imprinted on you. The deep longing for home is embedded somewhere deep in your spirit. In difficult times, it comes up from the depths of you like a long forgotten song lyric. No matter how...
When we talk about love as one of the our core values, it can sound like just a nice sentiment or even a cliche’. That’s why we say "for each person". We must see each person as created uniquely in the image of God and...
Before I move on to talk about intimacy with God this Sunday, I want to follow up last Sunday's message on the 4 soils with some important questions. Here is a link in case you missed that crucial message or need to hear it or...
The abundant life Jesus promised is available to you. Most of us have experienced it in beautiful and unexpected moments. We just aren't sure how to keep them coming! Many of the people in our church family tapped into it on Sunday when we packed...
Would you join me in praying for God's provision for our new home? Â We need more people to pray and partner with us to bring what we have imagined to fruition. Â We are on our way! Â To date, we have raised almost $1 million of...
Everyone who has felt the pain of abuse, betrayal, humiliation, victimization, accusation, injustice, violence and the depths of human cruelty has asked a question. Some ask it out loud. Some only silently. Where was God? Part honest question, part accusation, the silence of heaven to the...
The same Bible that teaches us to pray, "give us this day our daily bread" says "If you don't work, you don't eat." (2 Thes. 3:10) James was getting at that same idea when he said that faith without works is dead. Merely praying for...
Faith isn't fearlessness. Â You can be fearless, sitting on your couch watching TV. Â You don't need faith until you are attempting something that scares you. When you feel the fear and leap anyway, you grow your trust and lose your fear. The child trusts her father...
God has led us all over South Orange County for the last twenty years. Now he has given us a place to call home for the next twenty years. It is not just home for our church family. Â It is home for the wanderer and rest for...
The early Jewish Christians experienced persecution from both the Roman empire and the Jewish religious community. Â The Jewish people saw a dangerous cult turning people astray from the faith. The empire viewed them as atheists who rejected the Roman gods and temples, paid no homage...
