by Cari Stone Today we had a picnic lunch orchestrated by our six year-old daughter, Hannah. It was in honor of her Daddy and his last day at work. The festivities came on the … Read More
Teaching Our Children (and Helping Ourselves): A Visible Theology of Worship
You don’t need to be a parent to know that kids learn more from watching and imitating than they do from simply listening to what we tell them. They watch and imitate. It’s the old … Read More
Caring For The Poor In Our Community
by Trevor Young Our God is good! He has blessed us with this wonderful facility and we would like to share these resources with others. One way that we are doing this is by partnering … Read More
Becoming the Perfect Church: A Modest Proposal
Thirty years is a long time, and forty-five longer still. At least it is in dog years or, if you live in California, church years. It was thirty years ago this month that Santa Barbara … Read More
High School Camp: Class is in Session
Last week some of our students returned from yet another week at Forest Home. All three of our groups (HS, JH and 5/6) have now gone and returned from a week of getting away into … Read More
Revenge vs. Forgiveness: Junior High Camp
With summer completely upon us, the days have grown warmer, the tourists have overrun State Street, and the blockbusters have landed at the local movie theaters. A glance through the summer movie listings bears out … Read More
A Line In The Soul
Reed, you’ll never believe what happened last Wednesday…I’m walking down State Street, ‘bout six in the evening…I can’t believe it myself. I’m crossing Figueroa and trip on the curb. I land on this woman…Would you … Read More
Young (and Old), Restless and Reformed
In the last two thousand years of the church, there have been leaders who have had a great influence on the shape of our faith and the course of the church. We think of names … Read More
The Boundless Force of Brightness: John Calvin’s Love for God
First, a couple of Calvinist jokes: Q. How can you tell if you’re on a Calvinist train? A. They’re all Calvinist trains. You go only where they want you to go. Q. What do Calvinists … Read More
A Modest Proposal
Eating children, if properly cooked, is a good way to alleviate poverty. In fact, a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, … Read More