The Lord’s Prayer is an excellent model for building your own prayer life. It may be used in numerous ways to organize your petitions to Our Father. It’s importance is …
Christmas Priorities
All you have to do is walk in Costco in October, and the crisis of misplaced priorities his you in the face. Christmas displays begin to tease from the warehouse …
161127 Christmas Dinner
2016 Christmas Dinner – Dishes to feed over 20 Blank spaces in the table indicate that no one has signed up for that particular dish. Remember that dishes should be able …
A Short Review of Baptism
This study guide is for the purpose of giving a short overview of what the New Testament says about baptism. Read each passage and answer the questions. You will have …
Fully naked, fully known: Field notes on sex and marriage
by Katherine Willis Pershey (http://www.christiancentury.org/article/2016-09/fully-naked-fully-known) My husband Benjamin was not my first. Not my first love, and not my first . . . first. Although I once was the proud …
160918 Ten Years of LifeSpring
This day is incredibly exciting to me. Why? Three big reasons. The first is that LifeSpring has persevered and prospered for 10 years. This in spite of the fact that …
Teaching Calvin in California by Jonathan Sheehan
From: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/12/opinion/teaching-calvin-in-california.html?_r=0 BERKELEY, Calif. — We spend a great deal of time worrying about theology these days. From extremist violence to the American culture wars, the theological imagination can feel …
160904 Devotional Guide – The Western Lie
This devotional will prepare you for the October 4 sermon, “The Western Lie.” We will be talking about the relativism and vagueness of our Western mindset. This devotional will provide …
Making Mindy A Porn Star: True Confessions of a Former Porn Producer
http://fightthenewdrug.org/mindys-story/ July 31, 2014 Note from writer: I must warn you that what I’m about to share with you is dark. If you are in need of a “pick-me-up,” this …
LifeSpring Is 10 Years Old!
It’s hard to believe! 10 years ago, LifeSpring began meeting weekly at Playhouse Merced. At that time we were a small group of strangers learning what each other’s talents were, …