While living in Santa Cruz, California I had the joy of learning how to surf. The surf culture has its own language, customs, and knowledge base. Surfing is unique from many other sports for many reasons. One of the more difficult disciplines of...
Read moreThe Craziest Time
Here we go again! It’s the start of another school year and things have been crazy within out student ministry walls. I know I say it almost every season – but this is the craziest time of the year. We have students getting back into their...
Read moreChildren & Next Steps
I am so honored and feel very privileged to serve in the area of children’s ministries here at POCF. I am looking forward to working with an amazing group of volunteers and staff and watching our children grow in their relationship with Christ. ...
Read moreWorship Everyday
Worship. It’s something we do day in and day out. Sometimes our worship is directed towards our Father, other times we loose focus and worship earthly, far less deserving things. Then there’s Sunday… There’s just something amazing about joining...
Read moreHow to Stunt Your Spiritual Growth
When I was in 5th grade, my family had a paper route. My sister and my Dad did half, and my Mom and I took the dog and did the other half. I remember it being cold and very, very early. Coffee was an easy remedy for both, and seemed to work...
Read more5 Ways You Can Welcome Our New Family Members
Summer camps have a habit of being life changing. Whether it’s simply discovering new friendships or making eternity-altering decisions, the act of getting a kid outside their comfort zone often makes them ready to God to act in their...
Read moreWisdom to See Beyond the Present
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. Rom 8:18 (if the video above doesn’t show up, click here) When sorrows like sea billows roll… Life is very...
Read moreHow Saplings Become Towering Oaks
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. James...
Read morePeace on Earth, Goodwill to Men
“Evil visited this community today.” – CT Gov. Malloy I don’t watch the evening news. Story after story of injustice, tragedy, and hurting people interrupted only by the weatherman is a depressing way to end the day...
Read moreUncomfortably Waiting for the King
Hosanna means “save now.” And this time of year, a lot of us feel that kind of desperation. Most of us know what it means to feel trapped, alone… hopeless. That’s a very hard place to be. If you’re there now...
Read moreMorning Prayers of Forgiveness
Our help is in the Name of the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth. – Psalm 124:8 Yahweh, you are in our midst, we are called by your name. Do not desert us! O our God, you are our hope. – Jeremiah 14:9, 22 Have mercy on me, O God...
Read moreThe Divine Source of Forgiveness
I’ve heard a story I heard of an old woman who seemed older than her years, who spent her days watching TV in an old sweatsuit, drinking coffee and smoking cigarrettes, a harsh, bitter frown around her eyes and mouth. She’d once been...
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