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Today, a letter from the search team was included in the bulletin. I'd check your email, too. Didn't see it? Try looking HERE. If you were at church, you were also given a Commitment Card to pray. You can also sign-up for one, HERE, on-line. Why all this fuss? If you're a Grace Member, it's…

This post is about the connection between Hall of Famers and Worship. Stay with me … His name was Wilbur “Pete” Henry. They called him “Fats” and he was legendary as football lineman. Inducted into the Football Hall of Fame, actually. How big was he? An astounding 5 feet 11 inches and 245 pounds. I…

Until I was baptized, I don’t think I was a Jew. Andrew Klaven Andrew Klaven is an award-winning screenplay writer, suspense writer and media commentator. But what is really gripping is his own story (which you can read or briefly watch). How does a 50 year-old agnostic Jew from San Diego suddenly find himself being…

The root of joy is gratefulness… it is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful. Brother David Steindl-Rast As some of you might know, in March of 2022, Grace Community Church gave me a spectacular gift in the form of a month-long sabbatical. You can read about lessons learned,…

On Tuesday July 14, 2020 at 2:45 in the afternoon, I walked to a bell, read an inscription, and rang a bell. Up until that point, I didn’t want to ring that bell. I had just finished up several hours of one infusion after another of the “killer cocktail” delivered via IV. I was tired,…

Sunday’s at Grace is the celebration of God’s grace. We are commanded to worship the Lord and exult in His glory and magnify His love and goodness. His presence is there in power and fullness of joy! Come to Grace on a Sunday morning, and you’ll know what I’m talking about! And every Sunday, we…

    WHAT'S A SABBATICAL? It is a spiritual discipline of voluntarily “fasting” from work/ministry that, like a fast from food, enables one to rest and contemplate one’s identity away from their ministry, the value of their vocation, and to rest and recover one’s spirit as if one has been on a century (100 mile)…

Good morning and happy palindrome day! What's a palindrome, you say? A palindrome is GK transliteration that literally means "running back again". It's a word, or sequence of numbers that can be read left to right or right to left. Think of the name "Hannah" or "racecar" or the third Sunday of February's (Feb. 20,…

"Hey, Bob - stand next to me!" He was looking straight at me, but I turned around and looked for Bob. "Who are you talking to?" "You - isn't that your name: Bob Hu?" Then he explained, the other day on the bus, someone asked, "Where's Bob?" and since there were two Bob's on the…