What Did I Expect?
When I agreed to follow Jesus, I had no idea what I was getting into. I was forty years old, and had spent most of my life alternately yearning for and avoiding a deeper relationship with God. When I was in my early teens, I went to a Jewish summer camp in the San Bernardino […]
Unbounded Mercy – Nov. 18, 2022
“There are many reasons to steer clear of Christianity. No question. I fully understand why people make that choice. Christianity has survived some unspeakable abominations: the Crusades, clergy sex-scandals, papal corruption, televangelist scams, and clown ministry. But it will survive us, too. It will survive our mistakes and pride and exclusion of others. I believe […]
Gloria McClanen Memorial Service, Peter Storey at Seekers, Dayspring Retreat Schedule
The services in memory of Gloria McClanen will take place Sunday, November 6, at Dayspring. The Service of Commendation will begin at 3pm at the Lake of the Saints, where the same service for husband Don took place in 2016. The reason for scheduling it before the memorial service is that November 6 is the […]
Original Blessing – Nov. 1, 2022
“If a child grows up being told she is ugly or stupid or selfish, at some level, she comes to believe that about herself. The descriptions haunt her self-understanding, and she lives in a state of doubt about her deepest identity. This is exactly what has happened in relation to the doctrine of original sin, […]
