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Join us for the 2024 CGN International Conference from June 23-26, 2024, at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa . This year’s theme, “Hope, Suffering, and Glory: Studies in 1 Peter,” promises to deepen your faith and strengthen your connections…
Read article“Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice” (Philippians 4:4). What kind of wild man tells a group of people to rejoice at…
Read articleI had to make a phone call last week that I didn’t want to make. A call that many have had to make over the…
Read articleAs a free-spirited extrovert, I fill my cup by being around people. The thought of being locked in my house by governmental mandate goes against…
Read article“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear” (Psalm 46:1–2a). As most of us would agree,…
Read articleThe Bible tells us in Ecclesiastes that life is made up of seasons: “For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter…
Read article“‘Pebbles in a brook polish one another’”—thank God for the pebbles of His Lisu Church.” So wrote Isobel Kuhn, who with her husband John spent…
Read articleThe story of the blind beggar, found in Luke 18 is one that has recently had a powerful impact on my attitude toward prayer. The…
Read article“When I remember God, then I am disturbed; when I sigh, then my spirit grows faint. Selah. You have held my eyelids open; I am…
Read articleMy last article traced an introduction to my experience with panic attacks and this second part closes with further reflections on why I am (unexpectedly)…
Read articleMy panic attacks first started at the beginning of the summer of 2017, before I embarked on my study of theology. After 33 years of…
Read article“O You who hear prayer, to You all flesh will come” (Psalm 65:2). I am so thankful for the character of the Living God! He…
Read articleRecently I was given the great privilege of seeing some of the fruit from the youth ministry I pioneered over 15 years ago while speaking…
Read articleMaybe you’ve heard of CrossFit. I’m one of those crazy people who have bought into their way of using constantly varied, functional movements at a…
Read articleEvery difficulty we experience in life is either an opportunity or an obstacle. The Chinese symbol for the word “crisis” is actually two separate symbols:…
Read articleSometimes I feel trapped by the all the things I think I ought to do. I ought to do more; I ought to sin less….
Read articleI like to think I am an enjoyer of good things. A sunset of brilliant colors, a cup of coffee that tastes of good quality,…
Read article“I break everything,” I whimpered with tears streaming down my face. I stared down at the floor to see the bright, yellow, broken pieces of…
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