What a difference a few miles make! In Hermosa Beach a few weeks ago, at the Fiesta Hermosa, angry people shouted us down when we preached the gospel and shared our faith; tracts would get tossed aside and there was a general spirit of indifference and rebellion. But last Saturday the situation was very different
(Read part 1 of 5 here.) Everyone loves a mime. That’s not true. Kids love mimes; most adults can’t stand them. But there are some good ones, like at SeaWorld. In anticipation of another otter/seal/walrus act, a mime came out to do a pre-show warm up for the audience. At my insistence, our 8-year-old D.
The men of Hope Chapel attended a retreat this weekend, the topic being “Spiritual Warfare.” After lunch, eight of us hunkered down to do a two hour Bible study on the subject. When finished, everyone noticed that a bunch of guys were whooping it up on the soccer field. Others were shooting hoops, playing Ping-Pong,
My wife had a heart attack scare! I rushed her to the Emergency Room after getting a call that she was experiencing chest pains while taking a walk on the beach. During the 10 hours we were there, I watched her endure multiple blood tests, electro-cardiogram monitoring, nuclear studies, and a treadmill test, all ultimately
Our New Neighbor
A new neighbor is moving in next door. My family greeted her kindly and I offered that I was a pastor “at a church just up the street called Hope Chapel.” “Oh,” she replied. “What kind of church is it?” Instead of explaining the complicated distinctions of a Foursquare church, I casually said that we
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