Burnside Writer’s Collective...
I’m beginning a web project with a group called Burnside Writer’s Collective. It will collect a group of authors such as Don Miller (Blue Like Jazz, Searching For God Knows What) and Rick McKinley (Jesus in the Margins : Finding God in the Places We Ignore). It should be a pretty cool group....
Christmas in Sacramento...
Here are some photos of our trip to Sacramento for Christmas. My mom, who is recovering from chemo/cancer is doing much better. It was great to spend some time with my family. Picture Gallery >
Future Grace...
Over the Christmas holiday I am reading a book by John Piper titled, Future Grace. Here is a quote that I read that I’ve been thinking about over the last few days: Sin is what you do when your heart is not satisfied with God. No one sins out of duty. We sin because it holds out some promise...
Faith Presbyterian Church...
For this weeks column I visted a PCUSA church near SDSU called Faith Presbyterian Church >
Mission Gathering...
A postmodern (lots of candles, dark lighting the works) church up near UCSD. Read this weeks column, Mission Gathering >
Temple Emanu-El...
My wife was raised Jewish. She still can speak & write a little Hebrew. This was my first experience attending a Shabbat service. Read this weeks column: Temple Emanu-El >
Right Theology without Desire...
The devil thinks more true thoughts about God in one day than a saint does in a lifetime, and God is not honored by it. The problem with the devil is not his theology, but his desires. Our chief end is to glorify God, the great Object. We do so most fully when we treasure him, desire him, delight in...
10.9% in S.D. high schools attempted sui...
About one in 10 high school students in the San Diego Unified School District attempted suicide last year, which is higher than the national average, according to a survey of 1,800 students. The number of reported suicide attempts among ninth-through 12th-graders was 10.9 percent, compared with 10.5...
Ascension Catholic Church...
I attended Catholic school growing up through High School. It was a bit of nostalgia to do this weeks column on Ascension Catholic Church >