By Kelly Borjas: The Monday after Thanksgiving started—and all I could see was my to-do list. Piles of laundry, recovering from...
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In The Name of Freedom
By Kelly Borjas: I have a love-hate relationship with my scale, and recently it’s been more on the side of hate. When it shows...
Adopted
By Holly Dekorte: Maybe it is because I teach English Language Arts, maybe it is because my parents nurtured my imagination, or...
Hope In The Hopless
By Kelly Borjas I’ll never forget when I was younger, living in Colorado, the massive pain of the Columbine Massacre—the images...
Anxiety, Depression, and Struggles—Oh My!
By Kelly Borjas: While reading in my Bible this morning, I noticed something interesting. In Psalm 30:11-12, the Psalmist says:...
Just Say No!
By Kelly Borjas: Many of us will remember the phrase from our younger years in the context of peer pressure and drugs, “just say...
We live in the 9th Post-Christian City (Study)
Last Sunday, Aaron referenced a recent study that shows that the corridor between Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo is the 9th...
How Do I Handle an Unjust Boss? Part 2
Last week's blog post we looked at the question that was posed in one of our Gospel Communities related to Colossians 3:22-4:1,...
How Do I Handle an Unjust Boss? Part 1
Our Gospel Community recently explored what a Godly attitude toward work looks like from a Biblical perspective. We spent a good...
Mothering Sunday
By Holly DeKorte: Living overseas exposed me to holidays and traditions that were unfamiliar. Early spring, British owned...
Musical Chairs
By Kelly Borjas: Recently, we had a sermon on how worship can encompass anything we do (excellent point!), but I’ve been...
Mentor VS. Disciple
By Kelly Borjas: Have you ever heard someone say they have a mentor? How about that they are “being discipled” or “discipling...