by Kenon Neal The holidays have a way of bringing to the surface our dreams and hopes, and often a more acute realization of our current state of happiness and fulfillment, longing, loss or suffering. … Read More

by Kelly Soifer I subscribe to The New Yorker magazine. As a former English major, I luxuriate in its long, usually well-written and creative articles whose observations on the world are quite astute. While … Read More

by David Jacobsen David Jacobsen has written a book called Rookie Dad: Thoughts on First-Time Fatherhood (Zondervan) about pregnancy, birth, and the first year of his son’s life. It’s not an instruction book–it’s collection … Read More

By Jill Dixon Laundry is one of those chores that you can never fully check off your list. It’s always there and it’s time consuming. As a full time kindergarten teacher, I had come up … Read More

by Cari Stone   It began so innocently really. An evening spent with a girlfriend. Two paper cups filled with a seemingly harmless, albeit tarter than anticipated plain frozen yogurt called Pinkberry. We casually … Read More

by Krista Frohling On our church’s anniversary Sunday in September, when Reed or Steve asks us to share how we have been brought closer to God as a result of our fellowship, I feel … Read More

By Paul Bradford I’m a baseball lover, but this is not about baseball. I’m a guy, but this is not necessarily about guys. It’s about fathers, and my father who died three weeks ago. It’s … Read More

by Kenon Neal It has been a year now since our ‘homecoming’ to Santa Barbara Community Church. For more than a decade we were actively involved in the church and watched God use so many … Read More