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Why? Why do we have Women’s Ministries at SBCC?  Why is there a women’s pastor?  Why do we even bother staffing such a thing?  SBCC hummed along for 27 years with no formalized commitment to … Read More

Having come home from a vacation in England two days ago, I write with a bit of jet lag tingling in my fingers.  Lisa and I were, as the Brits say, on holiday.  Why England?  … Read More

After twenty-five years, raising two children, two dogs,  countless homegroups, birthday parties, sleep-overs, BBQs, and re-modeling projects it seems strange to look out our front window and see the For Sale sign firmly planted on … Read More

Last Friday a 22 year-old killed seven people in Isla Vista and injured another thirteen in a rage provoked by his failure to be accepted socially and sexually.  What can we, as believers, say to … Read More

Is God anti-gay? And other questions about homosexuality, the Bible and same-sex attraction by Sam Allberry  When we listen to much of today’s public discourse about homosexual preference and practice, we might conclude that the … Read More

by Sarah Douglas As we live and work in our city, most of us encounter homelessness regularly. Whether we are driving through an intersection, walking into Trader Joe’s or down State Street, we see men, … Read More

You might be reading this because you have little children and are learning the meaning of messy in real time. You are struggling, also, to understand how that can possibly effect your faith positively.  Church … Read More

First, a disclaimer: I have never been to heaven.  But I plan to go, very soon, and I expect heaven to be spectacular.  In heaven I will see the face of God.  And don’t expect … Read More

by Susi Lamoutte Amy Simpson, in her book Troubled Minds: Mental Illness and the Church’s Mission, provides both information about mental illness and a portrait of how people who are mentally ill and their families … Read More

In a recent conversation, a friend mentioned to me that she perceived a great amount of angst among parents of teenagers and pre-teens. You might be thinking, Of course. Parenting—at any age—is hard work, so … Read More