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Fall colors in Pacifica CA --- Maybe. It doesn't always look like this -- but this was the sunset view from our window on the Fall...

Do you know the folks who live and work near your church? If not, this workshop will help. Registration is open--NOW!   In this two part...

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Holy Spirit blowing -- Can you feel the Wind? We've moved forward from the Gospels to the book of Acts (sequel to Luke). We're pretty...

What's in a name? Plenty. “Rethink, Retool, Renew” was the first name we came up with. I’d pulled together a small group of clergy...

An Overwhelming Life. A Lenten Reflection Life is overwhelming. Maybe. Or, do we build lives that are overwhelming, when they don’t have...

What do these images have in common? The grumpy folks on the left often trigger our defenses so that we look like the person on the...

Reflect and Refine During Advent I like to read the Gospel for the new liturgical year. Reading the Gospel of Mark, a chapter at a time,...

Seems like only a day or so ago we sat in the glow of All Saints naming our dearly departed. We pictured them as saints gathered with...

Fall is falling – even here in Southern California. We don’t get dramatic changes. Instead, we pay attention to the difference in the...

On Saturday August 12th, teams from 9 congregations completed our vitality process. I am so proud of them! They started in February of...

What to do when people ignore the facts. I hate it when people ignore the facts. Especially when it's me doing the ignoring. Why do we do...

Who says small and scrappy congregations can't do bit things? Not me! Of the 10 congregations working their way through our 18-month...

Starting with Confession. I'm not good at process. When I want something to change -- I want it to change NOW. Patience is a virtue that...

The Smudge We Bear A couple of poems are carrying me through this Lent. I’ve always loved Jan Richardson’s Ash Wednesday poem “Blessing...

97 Reasons to Say "YES!" Epiphany is the season of YES! God revealing Godself everywhere! My mother-in-law has "yes" down pat! What if......

Too much fun for Advent? If Advent is only for contemplative waiting and yearning, then we're doing it wrong. But, if Advent is a time...

The ongoing joke in Central and Southern California is that we don’t have seasons. While I admit, the shift is subtle, it does exist. ...

September 2 is the first anniversary of Living the Resurrection becoming a company! It’s been a year full of working with you to help...

My Summer Project (besides painting the ceiling in the den). I've heard from a few of you that congregations in the transition between...