Waiting… it seems like a dirty word that no one wants to talk about, but it’s so real for all of us. If we’re honest, we avoid the topic altogether because waiting can be painful and frustrating. I’ve experienced seasons … Continued
Throughout the Bible God calls attention to the most vulnerable. The people of God are to always stay mindful of the needy, the poor, the widows, the refugees, the fatherless, the sick, and the incarcerated. In Matthew 25, Jesus provides … Continued
I packed up my office supplies in preparation to spend the next few weeks working from home, and then I walked across the street to our Granite Bay campus. As I stood in the courtyard and looked around me, I … Continued
“When will things actually get back to normal?” From coast to coast, this unfathomable question echoes throughout our morphing country. New York City is looking more like Gotham, and the 405 is deserted, suspended in time, movie-like. There is eeriness … Continued
We were not listening. We were not listening and now we are grounded, stuck in place. We were not listening to His heeds, His gentle nudges and His calls. And, now we are grounded; sheltered in place and only He … Continued
Today I stared out my kitchen window for quite some time. It was a quintessential California day in April. Mid-sixties, not a cloud in the sky, with a cool 13MPH breeze coming from the south. As I watched the leaves … Continued
My senior year of high school, I was convinced my parents were the meanest parents in the world because my friends were all going to Mexico for Spring Break, and they wouldn’t let me go! That was the first year … Continued
When Bayside was just a couple of years old, Pastor Ray took a group of 90 Baysiders to Chicago to the Willow Creek Leadership Conference in order inspire these young Bayside leaders to get a bigger vision to reach the community. At Willow Creek the group not … Continued
Close to 12 years ago, some pastors from Bayside Church traveled to Kenya Africa with Compassion International to see how they were working with the local church to rescue kids out of poverty in Jesus’ name. After that trip, our … Continued