To Pastor Matt, church vitality involves each of us truly carrying our crosses.

Ahmed and Fred, as friends, talk about Gaza, Islam, and discussing hard things.

Intentional Gospel growth among the Spiritually-Lost, -Confused, or -Empty is VITAL for every church.

To Pastor Matt, church vitality involves each of us truly carrying our crosses.

The cross was a blood-saturated tool for execution, so different from the nicely varnished crosses in our churches. So, doing ministry together involves "spurring" each other on.

Buddhists have come to Jesus by kindness and simply being invited.

A Podcast interview between Fred W. and Vien Eastman, a former Buddhist who is originally from Laos. How did she come to faith in God---Father, Son, and Holy Spirit?(Music used at beginning and end of podcast from https://derekclegg.bandcamp.com/track/the-best-in-the-world

A SEARCH FOR COMMON GROUND: LET'S TALK book audio

Hmmm, a choice to be empathetic, engaged, and interested in common ground that we share, or indifferent, stuck, and of little impact. The right choice may be clear, but it's a work in progress for most of us.

PEACE WITHIN REACH book audio

This is an audio of the book Peace Within Reach. Peace is within reach for every person. It doesn't matter where you are at, or what you feel like, or what you have done. Peace is within your reach! We're not talking about a temporary kind of peace that you might be able to purchase, to get you by for awhile. We're talking about a lasting, overriding-all-kinds-of-struggle kind of peace.