Posts with the tag “ashley-ross”

Your Decorations Are Worship
November 20th, 2023
Despite the lack of snow, Los Angeles never ceases to amaze me when it comes to her transformation around the Christmas season. Empty lots on street corners, normally overgrown with weeds, are trimmed...  Read More
by Ashley Ross
How to Give Good Encouragement
March 15th, 2022
When I was in college, I had the privilege of being discipled by a wonderful, godly woman named Joanna. Though slightly younger than me in age, Joanna was wiser in the faith and greatly shaped my walk...  Read More
by Cornerstone West Los Angeles
The Long Expected Son
December 20th, 2021
As Joseph and Mary crested the last hill into Bethlehem, Mary thought that she had never in her life been so happy to reach a destination. They had been traveling for several days, their trip made sli...  Read More
by Cornerstone West Los Angeles
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
by Cornerstone West Los Angeles
Store Your Treasures in Heaven
September 12th, 2018
Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys ...  Read More
by Cornerstone West Los Angeles
Savoring Salvation
July 10th, 2018
As someone who grew up in a Christian home yet had never gone to a Good Friday service, the idea of celebrating that particular holy day seemed foreign to me - more like an extra day for the Catholics...  Read More
by Cornerstone West Los Angeles
Famous Last Words
November 8th, 2017
“In Jesus’s name we pray, amen.”Ever since I was a little girl, I was taught that all prayers end with these words. As I’ve gotten older and spent time around other Christians from all kinds of backgr...  Read More
by Cornerstone West Los Angeles
All About Eve
September 21st, 2017
“...If we zoom out and take into perspective Eve’s life as a whole, remembering that she was a real person, we can see there is so much more to her story.”Imagine that your entire life was defined by ...  Read More
by Cornerstone West Los Angeles
Thoughts from My Mother\'s Deathbed
May 25th, 2017
“All I could do was beg God not to let her die, to give us more time with her, at least one more Mother’s Day together with her. I have never felt so helpless in all my life.”Come now, you who say, “T...  Read More
by Cornerstone West Los Angeles