October 2010

Changing the lives of abused girls in our region! Read more about Courage to be You!

"Courage to be You is a faith based organization.  They deliver girls who have been sold as sexual slaves.  This is a huge problem, not only abroad, but here in Sacramento as well.  California is the number one state for sex traffic in the United States and...

You can learn about prayer by reading but you learn how by doing.  For me it’s not easy but God is always listening.  He loves to listen when we talk with him about what concerns us. One way to grow in is to write out your prayers.   As you post a comment, write short prayer.  Keep it simple.  Be real.  Ask God to help...

Since we decided last time we needed a change, whether because we are in a new season or our lives are so chaotic that we just need a change, we need to start the process of making a real, quality change to restore some sense of order to our lives and to our family’s lives.

When Paul writes to the Christians in Corinth to help them solve some...

As I become more committed to exercise and eating right, I realize how often I fill my stomach with food that only starves me internally.

This happens to me regularly when I am traveling. If you travel like as well prepared as I do than your travel days may be a bit chaotic. I am sitting on an airplane all day only to land and go speak at an...

Last night I met with seven other people who have no regrets.  They are modern day first century followers of Jesus.  You can read about them in Acts 1:1-14.  The gathering crackled with honesty, trust and safety.  These are people Jesus came to set free, to rescue; who then would continue on with Jesus’ work.   What was/is that ongoing work of...

When do we slow down?

Where is the margin?

What is driving me?

Am I drawn by life or driven?  Is there a difference?

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30 minutes before I ran into Dave at Peets I was rushing to get out of the house having completed one call, walked the dog and kissed my wife.  [Note:  the kiss was too short for the love I have for her....

What is it you are looking at?   I heard sitting with God on my porch.  Hmmm.  Didn't hear an audible sound.  But I'm sure it was God talking.  He does that.  He's been talking for centuries.  I've been listening on and off for years.  Lately though I've been tuning in more regularly.

The question caught me off guard because I got up earlier...

Fall is my most favorite time of the year – the cooler days and nights, (goodbye PG&E!), football, scarecrows and pumpkins - there's a sense of newness and renewal. I think this time of year is second only to January, when resolutions and promises of change are flying around everywhere. We're done with the warmer weather, the swimming lessons,...

This weekend, Pastor Jeff gave a message about DIVORCE everyone should hear! We are going through a message series focusing on Jesus' famous Sermon on the Mount. In this section Jesus touches on some of the most difficult topics in the Christian life. His words seem to be so penetrating because He constantently challenges the normative...

Left to myself sooner or later I come to the end of my rope, my gas tank runs low, the demands on my life exceed my capacity...you know what I mean? I would like to say what I described is infrequent, but it's not. It is my lifestyle. It is in fact, the human lifestyle. We were created with a specific length of rope, a gas tank with certain...