Journals


Larry Warner
The Question

There is a question that lives within you, often unbeknownst to you. All the same, it is alive and well, though often buried deep within. If you come to know it, to welcome it, to embrace it, celebrate it, explore it, struggle with it, you... Read More


Rob Loane
An invitation to a deeper spiritual life, part ii: an older son's story

When we realize our inner lives are sometimes full of greed and wickedness, and we become frustrated by our inability to live freely and generously, and love deeply, may we receive these frustrations as invitations by God's Spirit to a deeper... Read More


Mindy Caliguire
Worship

Far from being a rare phenomenon, or limited to religious structures or events, we experience worship as naturally as we do breathing. We’re made for it. But why, in fact, do we struggle to turn our attention to God in worship? Unfortunately,... Read More


Alan Fadling
Congruence?

“The Christian life is the lifelong practice of attending to the details of congruence--congruence between ends and means, congruence between what we do and the way we do it. It is what we admire in an athlete whose body is accurately and... Read More


Rob Loane
The Gift of Being a Growing Person...

On the walls and columns of a grey stoned sanctuary hung twelve to fifteen prints of Rembrandt's Return of the Prodigal . The audience was mix of parents and grandparents and nuns and pastors and students. We were all gathered in a Beverly... Read More


Larry Warner
The Four Seasons

I would be less than truthful if I said I did not enjoy living in Southern California and particularly living in San Diego.... Read More


Larry Warner
Honest

…a spouse of 30 years dies – “they’re in a better place”…a person is betrayed and humiliated by a trusted friend – “I am trying to forgive”…a person loses a job through downsizing – “God will provide”…a child dies – “God won’t give me more... Read More


Rob Loane
Sharing God's Life

Preparation
Read and reflect upon Ephesians 2:1-10, asking the question: What is God up to in the world according to Paul?

Now the whole offer which Christianity makes is this:that we can, if we let... Read More


Larry Warner
The Leper

As I reflect on the interchange of Jesus and the leper (Luke 5), I am stirred deep within. In my mind I can see the interchange, hear the words, witness the exchange of looks, the touch, the love, the joy…it is a marvelous story. Jesus takes... Read More