Our country and the rest of the world are living in unprecedented times. From lockdowns, business closures, civil unrest, masks, and all the rest.
We are over fifty days of the shelter in place order here in California. As we move closer to getting back to our lives, there are five things that we must continue to do as believers. Of course, there are other things we can add to this list, but I...
This is blog post connects to our Convergence Choosing Challenge on Instagram and Facebook. The greatest place to be right now is in the Kingdom of God. Right now, more than ever, I’m so thankful to be in God’s government. He is my...
This is blog post connects to our Convergence Choosing Challenge on Instagram and Facebook. I carry a strong sense of justice inside of me. It’s just a part of me. I see things as black and white. I acknowledge grey areas, but I don’t...
This is blog post connects to our Convergence Choosing Challenge on Instagram and Facebook. What carried revival in the Book of Acts was an intentional connection. It says about the first New Testament Revival Movement found in Acts 2:46 that...
This is blog post connects to our Convergence Choosing Challenge on Instagram and Facebook. The world is looking for solutions. Solutions to this virus? Solutions for re-opening the economy? Solutions to help small businesses? Our world has been...
This is blog post connects to our Convergence Choosing Challenge on Instagram and Facebook.
In this current global pandemic, talking about having and experiencing joy in the middle of all of this seems insensitive and irresponsible.
This is blog post connects to our Convergence Choosing Challenge on Instagram and Facebook. “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 (Jer. 29:11)...
This is blog post connects to our Convergence Choosing Challenge on Instagram and Facebook. We are living in trying times. With wide-spread business’ closing, people out of work, church buildings shut down, there is great alarm and unrest in...
This is blog post connects to our Convergence Choosing Challenge on Instagram and Facebook. I woke up this morning at 3:45 AM, thinking about and being concerned with our states (California) and the national economy. My thoughts got carried away as...
This is blog post connects to our Convergence Choosing Challenge on Instagram and Facebook.
When we read the gospels, it’s fascinating to see how Jesus interfaces with troubles and difficulties. He never reacts, he responds.
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Worry is misplaced worship. There is no benefit in worrying, but in light of the coronavirus, it’s hard not too. But usually, worry imagines the worst and leads us away from faith and down the road of anxiety and stress.
Fear is a terrible leader. Fear leaves one with much anxiety and little hope. We walk by faith. We understand by faith. Faith is substance. We can’t have faith without hope and you can’t possess hope without faith. They are inseparable. Faith is a...
Unprecedented events are taking the world by surprise as the rise of the Coronavirus (CoVid-19) makes its ungodly path around the world. The Silicon Valley, where I live and pastor, is one of the hardest-hit areas in the USA. Measures taken by state...
What’s the goal of the Christian life? Heaven? Success? Persecution? Love? Freedom? Allow me to submit to you that the goal of the Christian life is found in Romans 8:29. Romans 8:29 (NIV) “For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed...
For the past fifteen or so years, we as a spiritual family have started the year with Twenty-One days of Fasting and Prayer. There are several reasons for this. Fasting and Prayer is a great way to start a new year because it purposefully and...
We are excited to launch Silicon Valley School of Ministry. The school meets on Sunday Nights officially beginning on Sunday night, Sept. 22, 2019, just a few short weeks away. Know your identity. Discover your purpose. Change the World. SVSM is...
You can’t fit ministry into a box. The opportunity to bring heaven comes at the most inconvenient, unplanned and unprepared times. That’s difficult for a structured, “have my whole day planned out” person like me! The feeding of...
The most foundational New Testament principle for the Ekklesia is found the Greek word, “oikos” which means household. The expression of household in the early church connected the family AND the workplace. This characterized both the relationships...
