by Jack Williamson | Apr 18, 2021 | Articles
In 1977, Keith Green came out with a song that gave a satirical voice to the devil. Presumably in this song, Satan sings with glee about how no one believes he is real. Here are a few of those lyrics: Oh, my job keeps getting easier As time keeps slipping away I can...
by Andy Wall | Apr 11, 2021 | Articles
The Gift of Failure By Andy Wall “If at first you don’t succeed, welcome to the club.” During my junior year of college, in my first upper-division computer science class, I experienced every student’s worst nightmare: I flunked my first exam. This was not a...
by Andy Wall | Apr 4, 2021 | Articles
What’s your favorite holiday? The one you love coming back to year after year? For me, it’s the one we’re celebrating this week. Easter is, hands down, my favorite holiday of the year. And I deeply love Advent and Christmas! So why Easter? One reason is related to my...
by Andy Wall | Mar 28, 2021 | Articles
Palm Sunday The first day of Holy week The day Jesus entered Jerusalem To begin the climactic finale of his earthly ministry Palm Sunday, a day full of paradoxes A king riding into Jerusalem on a colt The one who is acclaimed with shouts of “Hosannah!” will soon be...
by Andy Wall | Mar 21, 2021 | Articles
Editor’s Note: The following article, adapted from an essay by minister Matt Soper, invites us to appreciate the power of the gospel of Christ in broader and deeper ways. In his book, “The Gospel for the Person Who Has Everything,” Methodist preacher and...
by Andy Wall | Mar 14, 2021 | Articles
It was one year ago this week that the world as we knew it entered into a state of—how might we describe it? Suspended animation? COVID-19 quarantine? A dystopian dream that you can’t wake up from because it’s reality? It was one year ago this week that brought about...
by Andy Wall | Mar 7, 2021 | Articles
If you desire glory, you may envy Napoleon. But Napoleon envied Caesar, Caesar envied Alexander, and Alexander, I daresay, envied Hercules, who never existed. Bertrand Russell From our youngest days, we are forever comparing ourselves with others. Which sibling...
by Jon Burke | Feb 28, 2021 | Articles
[Editor’s note: Today’s guest article, by Conejo’s own Jon Burke, provides a self-reflective meditation on the impact we have on fellow believers and the importance of being allies to one another.] “As the light changed from red to green to yellow and back to...
by Andy Wall | Feb 21, 2021 | Articles
“Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have come to call not the righteous but sinners.” Matthew 9:12-13 Today we begin our annual 40-Day Spiritual Adventure,...
by Jack Williamson | Feb 14, 2021 | Articles
When I was a kid, I couldn’t wait for the day I would be a “grown-up.” I longed to make my own decisions and direct my own life. I had no thoughts of the other “grown-up” things such as deadlines, mortgage payments, and taxes. All I could fantasize about was, “I’m...
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