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Cultivating Hope

“Faith, in one sense, is simply a readiness for God. A kind of emptiness waiting to be filled, the way an empty cup held out by a beggar is ready to be filled.” Lewis Smedes Are you a hopeful person? I’m not asking if you’re optimistic, which may look similar on the...

A Journey Is A Person

[Editor’s note: Today’s article, by Conejo’s own John Downey, is part of the “Our Story” class series. John’s timely meditation, in the middle of our summer trips and vacations, invites us to balance our grand plans with the humble recognition that God ultimately...
Current Sermon Series

Current Sermon Series

Mountaintop peaks. Valley of the shadow of death lows. Turning points. Watershed moments. Our major life experiences are typically separated by lots of typical days, ordinary weeks, and run-of-the-mill months. And while we’re inclined to see God working in life’s...

The Sacred Ordinary

If there was a way for you to know how much time you had left to live, would you choose to know? Or would you opt to take life as it comes, without the knowledge of your expiration date hanging over you? Over 15 years ago, new genetic tests provided Katharine Moser...

You Could Learn a Lot from a Dummy!

“Why do you see the speck in your neighbor’s eye, but do not notice the log in your own eye? Or how can you say to your neighbor, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while the log is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then...