With Guest Blogger, Chad Richards My name is Chad Richards and I’m the Youth Director at Canyon Springs. Since, Jack has been speaking and blogging lately about the value statements that we cling to here at Canyon Springs, he thought it would be fitting if I wrote about one about
I want to take a moment to introduce a new way to grow your relationship with Jesus and reach your friends wherever they happen to be in the world. It's my new blog called "Every Man Jack." This blog will be based on the messages you hear on Sundays. The
In year four of Canyon Springs I experienced one of the strangest church services ever. It felt dark and scary. There was a sense of panic in the air. It was not a great service. Actually the service never happened, but it was a Sunday I will never forget. I
Let me give you a definition of “authenticity.” Authenticity is a collection of choices we make every day. It’s about the choice to show up and be real. The choice to be honest. The choice to let our true selves be seen. We’re going to stop pretending to be perfect.
Today’s post is a continuation of my last, "Love Does When Love Faces Opposition," about how to love through all the opposition you will encounter in life. It’s a fact that no matter who you are or what you are trying to accomplish in this life, somewhere along the way,
I will never put a bumper sticker on my car. I personally don’t believe my bumper is the best place to express a life philosophy. But I am addicted to reading them. Anybody else a bumper sticker addict. I read them all the time. Let me give you a short
While most of you know that I’m the pastor at Canyon Springs Church, you may not know that I have another job too. I officiate a lot of wedding ceremonies in my spare time; in fact, they call me the San Diego Wedding Guy. Google it and you’ll see. I
There are two kinds of prayers: staying-in-church prayers and kicked-out-of-church prayers. How do you pray? Are you praising God for all he has done for you or does it sound more like this: “Oh Lord, how long will you forget me? Forever?” By the way, if you pray like this
If this is your first time to this blog, welcome! If you are a regular, you know that we are in the middle of series called “Love Does” because love doesn’t just talk or think or even pray (though praying is always a good idea); Love takes action! Love does
Hello and thanks for reading my blog! If this is your first time, welcome and glad you are here. If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you know that for that last week I started a series of posts about the elusive quest for joy that we are
