The doors are closed but the church is open. A year ago this week we opened the doors of our church building in San Juan Capistrano. After twenty-two years of wandering from place to place, we finally established a home. Now it sits empty. The church...
If home is where you are from, where is Jesus’ home? Is he from heaven or from earth? Both. Orthodox Bishop Kalistos Ware put it this way, “He was begotten outside time from the Father without a mother, and he was begotten within time from his...
Holy Cow, what an amazing opening weekend we had! From passing our inspections Thursday, our team had one day to turn a construction site into a functioning church facility. That night was the first time we got to try out the new sound, video and...
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Coming home from a long trip, I always wish I had a fast-forward button. The last hundred miles on the road or the last day of travel by air always feel excruciatingly slow. It's crazy how spoiled I am that I don't have to travel...
My daughter recently asked me if moving into the new building feels like a dream come true. I said, “No. It actually feels more like a series of unanswered prayers that led me to something better than I asked for.” I prayed we could stay longer...
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...
After 20 years of wandering around South Orange County, Mountain View is just a few months away from a permanent home. Listen and find out how you can be a part of making it happen....
What is impressive about a cup? A cylinder with the top end open and the bottom closed. Sure, one can be styled up to look ornate, perhaps even to attract some praise. But no matter how beautiful it is, a bottomless one is of little...
