by Geoff Hsu | Aug 5, 2021 | Creativity, Culture, Entrepreneurship, Shalom, Stories |
In our continuing effort to help people develop a fresh imagination of how to be the kind of people that live redemptively in our communities, our pastors group viewed and discussed this remarkable story from the marvelous Faith & Co series. “Welcome”... 
by Geoff Hsu | Jul 10, 2021 | Church, City, Entrepreneurship, Mission, Stories |
Tim Captain is the thoughtful and courageous pastor of First Christian Church. The congregation is located in National City, home to a lot of heavy industry related to the naval shipyards. Decades of pollution has stained this part of San Diego. Asthma rates are among... 
by Shauna Schneider | Nov 14, 2018 | Formation, Leadership, Stories |
My dad was a fearless skier. Whether the skies were big and blue and dotted with puffy clouds or ominously dark, we hit the slopes, lined up behind dad in his soft brown jacket and matching stocking cap, feet in his tracks. Inevitably, the love of skiing, my dad’s... 
by Shauna Schneider | Sep 11, 2018 | Formation, Stories |
Catching a wave of ridge air above the mountains was one of my favorite pastimes as a 15-year-old. As winds from the bay encountered the mountains east of Fremont Sky Sailing Airport, they created a ridge lift where glider planes could soar for hours, powered only by... 
by Shauna Schneider | Feb 20, 2018 | Formation, Gospel, Stories |
What if Mikaela Shiffrin never learned to fall? I hold my breath while she hurls herself out of the starting gate, dropping precariously into wind gusts, facing 50 technical turns ahead on a 1,000-foot vertical drop. She makes it look effortless. We know it’s not. ... 
by Shauna Schneider | Feb 6, 2018 | Gospel, Stories |
My daughter was backing away from me and I didn’t like it. I peppered Erin with questions and she resisted more. We had reached the middle school years. My insecurity as a parent flared up as I felt my daughter slipping through my grasp and I didn’t know how to make...