The problem of racism stretches back as far humanity’s origin in the book of Genesis. The Bible dedicates an impressive amount of space to this topic. From Genesis through Revelation, the nations are on God’s heart. Brother pitted against brother, tribe against tribe - fueled by contempt for racial differences, people have warred against one another and hurt one another.…

Our one and true God has been ever-present and faithful throughout the pandemic. In the midst of isolation and closures, God in his lovingkindness gave us a 43-acre oasis to come meet with him and his people. We gathered, heard truth, fellowshipped, interceded for each other and left refreshed. Our heavenly Father did not leave us or forsake us. The…

A few months ago a friend of mine started building a trail from our church driveway to the cross that overlooks the San Gabriel Valley. Through Steve Sidenfaden’s leadership and many other helpful hands, it is almost done! It’s 1.2 miles to the top and about a 1000 foot elevation gain. The hardest part is the beginning—there is no way…

As we continue to pray for the Lord to pour out His Spirit on us and move us forward together, I am excited to share with you ways that I see Him answering this request. Below is a story that speaks of the movement of the Spirit to bring together some resources on our campus with the heart of one…

Easter Sunday was a great joy! I loved seeing so many of you and celebrating our risen Lord together. I’m eager to continue worshipping and growing together as we emerge from pandemic living and start a new series in the book of Ephesians this Sunday. We’ll be spending the rest of the year in this book and I’m excited about…

If we don’t realize that we are but one piece of the puzzle, we will either become arrogant believing everything depends on us or we despair thinking we are alone. Believing we are one part of a bigger whole allows us to joyfully and freely enjoy partnership and the reinforcements of the Body of Christ.

As we lean into the remainder of the year, I look forward to continuing together as a body to boldly and confidently ask the Lord to move us in building a personal relationship with the Nyamwezi people.

I would have never been mature enough to choose this past year, but I am so thankful for the experience. It took away my comforts, rhythms and self-reliance. It overwhelmed me at my human finiteness.

Ryan Berkman (our Student Ministries Pastor) and I are very excited to see the students’ relationships continue to grow in 2021, and we pray that their interactions among each other and with others would be representative of a Christ-like love.

I feel like over the past year of the pandemic, the Holy Spirit took us inward. We examined ourselves and had a time of confession. Now, I believe the Spirit is asking us to look outward, and a big part of this is moving forward with Him in our spiritual gifting.