Loving Without an Agenda
For Episode #1 of our mini-series, Finding Good, host Andrew McCourt sat down with world-class evangelist and author, Bob Goff, to talk about finding good in a divided and often discouraged world. Have we lost all the good in the … Continued
What to do in times of great pressure, testing, or trials?
I take great delight in particular lists from Scripture. There are two that are my favorite in times of pressure. I know that God wants to energize me in certain ways, and I need to connect with what He wants … Continued
Waiting is Not Wasted Time
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
Who Are God’s People to Be, No Matter the Season?
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
The Church Has Left The Building
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
Confidence in Chaos
“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
Sandcastles
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
Walking with God Through a Sea of Chaos
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
Apart from One Another, but United in Hope: There is Confidence in the Chaos.
Unprecedented uncertainty calls for unprecedented faith. This Easter season we are reminded, more than ever, to rejoice in the good news that is Jesus. He is faithful, He is steady, and He died for our sins so that we’d receive … Continued