David Lomas serves as the lead pastor at Reality in San Francisco, a church community that started in 2010 in the Castro District. He lives, with his wife Ashley, in one of the most un-churched cities in the nation, but one that is bursting with new life and the grace of God. The Reality family
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As a leader, I am often inundated by Christian leadership books and essays on goal setting, life planning and dream setting (having a bucket list of what I hope to do before I die). Bucket lists can be idolatrous, however—things that end up directing us instead of God. Idols are incredibly dangerous because they reshape
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Guest Post by Peter Heltzel “How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!” Psalm 133:1 Jesus Christ, the revelation of the Triune Creator as a human person, is the basis of our life together. In order to live in unity, we need to get to know each other, including our
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Faith produces obedience out of trust, not its full knowledge of all the facts and concurrence with God’s divine strategy. This is what Jesus showed us in his death (Phil 2) that God’s plan was above the individual plan; that we are most in God’s will when we are most submissive. As I look at most
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There is not in the world a kind of life more sweet & delightful than that of a continual conversation with God. Brother Lawrence
Over the past two decades, I’ve spent in ministry, I’ve often encountered people who want to follow Jesus but can’t handle church, and people who have been hurt, abused, or repeatedly let down by those who claim to be Christians. Because of these, and other factors, everyone seems to be asking, “Can’t I just have
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Guest Post by Justin Kron Normally when I visit the beach in Tel Aviv I expect to see and interact with Israelis, but the Lord had something else in store for a few of my group members and me on my eXperience Israel tour in July 2013. Instead of Israelis, it was a few Palestinian young men
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I love history. Of every subject I’ve studied, history is the one I’m most passionate about. I love seeing how the different threads connect through time. I love to see how several things we would have never thought were connected – things distinct in our cultural understanding – are actually intimately connected in history. On
Guest Post by Jonathan Hankins What does hope look like? A paid power bill? A hug from a stranger? A free ride? An unsolicited smile? Hope is a powerful force. Sometimes a little hope is all you need to get through another day. I have the privilege of working among members of our community who
One of the passages I keep coming back to as a corrective to today’s strong focus on the role of the CEO, entrepreneur, and Lead Pastor in driving the vision for the church or organization, are the words below from Dietrich Bonhoeffer. >May we always hold our plans loosely and with open hands. May we
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