[If you're reading along with the "How God Guides" paper, this is, not counting the Introduction, the 4th chapter...] The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. John 3:29 As I started my arduous climb out of …
Use your “Sanctified Common Sense”
[If you're reading along with the "How God Guides" paper, this is, not counting the Introduction, the 3rd chapter...] Don’t be like the horse or mule, which have no understanding... Psalm 32:9 Be very careful, then, how you live - not as unwise, but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are …
The Bible is your first stop…
The statues of the Lord... are my counselors… a lamp to my feet and light to my path.” Psalm 119:24,105 Lamps don’t ordinarily light up whole city blocks; they’re more like a flashlight that helps you see your next step or two. God’s guidance doesn’t usually shine very far ahead, just far enough to keep …
Some of my heroes in San Francisco…
Liz Wong is the first person that comes to mind when I think of spiritual heroes in the City. She and her late husband, Ed started a ministry in San Francisco’s “worst” neighborhood, the “Tenderloin” twenty-five years ago or so. Before coming to Jesus, Ed had been an addict and frequent flyer in this dark …
Celebrating the birth of a church…
This is part of my journal entry for today... June 13, 2012 31 years ago today was the first “service” of Lighthouse Christian Fellowship of Santa Cruz in our house on Brommer Street! While I do my best not to wallow in nostalgia over this, especially now that LCF Santa Cruz is no more, I …
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