Reflections on Jeremiah 29:11
May 7th, 2020
Jeremiah 29:11 is a well known passage. In the NIV it reads: “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”... Read More
I Belong (and So Do You)
April 23rd, 2020
In the fall of 2016, I embarked on an intimidating adventure: the search for a new church home in Los Angeles. I told myself to be patient, and I steeled myself for the discomfort of walking into buil... Read More
Messy Community
April 16th, 2020
Community can be a fickle thing. At times it can be easy and at other times it can be hard. It can be both exciting and a drag. Both spontaneous and obligatory. I’m pretty sure that any relationship o... Read More
A Resurrection Foretold
April 9th, 2020
“...Caiaphas understood with a jolt that this man was no man at all, but the corpse who had been buried in the tomb before him, somehow no longer dead but alive.”... Read More
The Woman at the Well
March 19th, 2020
“Jesus watched her in silence. As she lowered the vessel into the mouth of the well, he spoke softly so as not to startle her. ‘Will you share your water with a weary traveler?”... Read More
10 Ways to Love the Sick
March 4th, 2020
As I write this, Los Angeles is on heightened alert in response to the novel coronavirus outbreak. Our church campus will be closed for weeks to do our part to contain the spread of the virus and love... Read More