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A Vision for a Shared Future (Part 4) 

“The Conejo Valley Church of Christ seeks to be a thick intergenerational community of reciprocal love and grace, embodying the Christ-centered, Spirit-led character, and durable unity of the church in times of harmony (Acts 2) and of discord (Acts 15). When we...

A Vision for a Shared Future (Part 3) 

“The Conejo Valley Church of Christ seeks to be a thick intergenerational community of reciprocal love and grace, embodying the Christ-centered, Spirit-led character and durable unity of the church in times of harmony (Acts 2) and of discord (Acts 15). When we...

A Vision for a Shared Future (Part 2)

“The Conejo Valley Church of Christ seeks to be a thick intergenerational community of reciprocal love and grace, embodying the Christ-centered, Spirit-led character and durable unity of the church in times of harmony (Acts 2) and of discord (Acts 15). When we...

A Vision for a Shared Future 

This January, our elders announced the beginning of a visioning process for the Conejo Church. A team of church members, representing various age and life stage cohorts in the congregation, was commissioned to work together with church consultant Jon Mullican to draft...

God’s Surprises

Allow me to play the provocateur, to scribble outside the lines, to upset (or at least bump) the apple cart. I was recently challenged to think again about what preaching and worship are for. My tendency has been to slide into a view of worship and preaching as things...

All Things Bright and Beautiful

“All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful, The Lord God made them all.” – Cecil Frances Alexander Like many families these days, our crew enjoys sharing pictures and videos via a phone app called GroupMe. Many times...

The Psalms and ChatGPT

This week I was thinking about the various messages of the Psalms. They were first written and shared so long ago and yet they seem to be timeless. These ancient writings can still be relevant and strike us as so contemporary! As they lead us to consider the creation,...

Songs In The Key of Life

The Psalms are the songs that accompany the people of God on their journey through history. –B. W. Anderson For the better part of the past 3000 years, the book of Psalms has nurtured the faith, worship, and prayers of Jewish and Christian believers. While most of...

Fresh Perspective

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.” Lamentations 3:22-24 I was reminded recently of how...

It’s Your Turn

Amazing things, these modern gadgets. Take, for instance, the Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) enabled apps that come preloaded on most smartphones. You enter your destination address by voice or on the touch-screen, then simply follow the on-screen images and...