The optimum release point

Pastor John Withem of Bayside Church in Woodland spoke at a burger barbecue last night on the necessity of letting go.

Let go of injustice—all the unfair things you’ve endured. Ever since childhood, injustice (real and perceived) that I’ve endured makes me pretty angry. The key to letting it go, said Pastor John, is coming […]

Why are Christians losing ground?

The just released results from the American Religious Identification Survey by Trinity College show that the percentage of self-proclaimed Christians in America has fallen from 86.2% in 1990 to 76% in 2008.

In this article, Dr. Tony Beam comments on the survey, and offers some reasons why this is happening.

Agressive athesists. The abandonment by […]

Hangin out with Ron Ritchie at Asilomar

Merrill Hall, Asilomar

Once a year I spend a couple of days with the rest of our church leadership team at the Asilomar Conference Grounds in Pacific Grove. I’ve just returned from this year’s trip learning from Ron Ritchie about discipleship. Overall, I found it a painful experience (the good kind when you realize […]