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An Open Letter to Penny White

Dear Penny, It’s hard to absorb the reality that after over twenty shared years of ministry, you’re retiring as Conejo’s children’s minister. For all of us who know your love for God and kids, your organizational prowess, your creative use of limited space, and your...

Lessons from the Gardener

Though I’m two generations removed from the family farm (my grandpa Barnhart grew up on one), I spent a decent part of my youth working out in our garden each spring. Our family gardener taught me many valuable skills for getting the most out of the soil. First,...

Twelve Questions to Probe Your Pride

“God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” James 4:6 When it comes to sins, pride is the granddaddy of them all. C. S. Lewis observed that “A proud person is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you’re looking down, you...

Addiction and Redemption

“The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.” Samuel Johnson What is addiction? One definition is the “complex, progressive, injurious, and, often, disabling attachment to a substance or behavior in which a person compulsively...