It was with heavy hearts that Scott Treadway (Rancho Community Church), and Jim Palmer (Orange County Rescue Mission) announced at a community forum on Thursday evening, August 27th, that the Temecula Murrieta Rescue Mission was pulling its application for the proposed Summerhouse project. For Jen and I it just felt so wrong, thus the title [...]
I am blessed to be on a staff at a church where development is a huge value & our leadership is serious about investing in the lives of their staff. Right now we are going through Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s “Life Together” – it is seriously hitting me between the eyes and right in the gut. Sometimes I find myself finding things very hard to digest and other things speaking right to my soul.
Wrote this this morning based off Isaiah 42:1-9 and a talk given by our lead pastor, Scott Treadway.
God upholds me.
He chose me, and he delights in me.
He put his very own Spirit on me, to bring justice to the nations.
I will not shout, cry out, or raise my voice in the streets, but I will [...]
My buddy Peter sent me this link today. I’ve read it a few times now and so should you.
We, unlike some of them, do not announce a Gospel of prosperity, but Christian realism. We do not announce miracles, as some do, but the sobriety of Christian life. We are convinced that all this sobriety and [...]
Today was a special day. It was a beautiful Southern California day, probably the best day all year.
Today we said goodbye to our Grandma. I say “our” Grandma, because Rudy was everyone’s Grandma – at least to the people my age. To others she was everyone’s mom, and to others, everyone’s friend.
At least 100 people [...]
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