Garden City Church in the News
The current issue of Metro Silicon Valley came out today and features an article on Garden City Church and on church planting in Silicon Valley. I’m encouraged to see such fair and favorable reporting. Here is the lead: A few … Continue reading
Christianity is the Unreligion
I am loving Dane Ortlund’s new book, Defiant Grace: The Surprising Message and Mission of Jesus. To give you a taste, here is a quote from the book that I’ll be using in my sermon this Sunday: Christianity is the … Continue reading
Pray For Our City: 37 Homicides in San Jose
San Jose is the 10th largest city in America. A lot of people live here. And, right now, a lot of people are being killed here. So far we have 37 homicides in 2011. San Jose has been known as … Continue reading
Authentic Manhood
My friend John Bryson and his partners are putting together some exciting material for men. Watch this 2 minute video. 33 Trailer from Flashlight Media Group on Vimeo.
Steve, Silicon Valley, and Jesus
I live six miles from Apple’s headquarters. Yesterday I drove those six miles to have lunch at a restaurant across the street from Apple with an Apple engineer who is part of our church plant. I was impressed by this … Continue reading
Man Up
Men and women, please read this CNN article by William Bennett, Why Men Are in Trouble. From the body of the article: Today, 18-to- 34-year-old men spend more time playing video games a day than 12-to- 17-year-old boys. While women … Continue reading
Don’t Pretend That Life Isn’t Painful
Don’t pretend that life isn’t painful. People that you meet, Christians that you meet, who tell you that life isn’t painful are pretending. They’re selling you something. Life is painful. And only Jesus can fix the pain. God is the … Continue reading
Everything You Know About Silicon Valley Might Be Wrong
Test your Silicon Valley knowledge by taking a quiz from Harvard Business Review. The first question is below. But how much do you really know about the real Silicon Valley? Take the following test and record your answers. At the … Continue reading
Decision Fatigue
From The New York Times: The cumulative effect of these temptations and decisions isn’t intuitively obvious. Virtually no one has a gut-level sense of just how tiring it is to decide. Big decisions, small decisions, they all add up. Choosing … Continue reading