from the pastors and staff of fbc

Last week my family and I spent two fun-filled days at LEGOLAND down in Carlsbad. To promote the new attractions based on the popular...

February is Black History Month. This is a month when we’re encouraged to broaden our perspective of the African American experience and...

We live in a world of headlines and sound bytes on an array of hot topics, but many of these are really complicated and confusing issues...

Our small groups for the year are all starting back up in the next few weeks and if there is one significant step I could encourage you...

It is not a secret that a consistent prayer life is hard. If you feel like you are the only one who struggles with prayer please be...

The Trinity knew what He was doing when he created people to live together, love together, and work together, as recorded in Genesis 1....

This past Sunday was a welcomed reunion of sound and song as we moved indoors to sing for the first time together in 69 weeks. Now I know...

One seems to focus on image and beauty (which everyone knows is skin deep), while the other reveals images of what’s deep beyond the...

One of the best Christian insights I’ve heard came from John Stott, a beloved preacher and author who would have celebrated his 100th...

I was six years old in Apartheid South Africa when I first noticed posters for an upcoming election. There were posters for candidates...

It has been about one year since the pandemic first shut us down. It’s been a hard year for almost all of us. We’ve felt losses at so...

It was the very beginning of 2016. Our fingers were still getting used to the rings. We still had the tan from our tropical honeymoon....

These past few months, I decided to try my hand at creating a succulent garden. "Oh, they're so easy to grow!" friends said, and I...

I'm sure that like me, you've been terribly troubled by the events of the past week. That the murder of George Floyd sparked peaceful...

It was the summer of 1994. The Lion King was blowing up the box offices, The Sign by Ace of Base was blasting from every car stereo, and...

Last August Troy Sowers walked into his retirement party and was momentarily flummoxed. Everyone in the room was familiar—everyone but...

There’s a wall in my office that is significant—not because of the bookcases that line it but because of the person I share it with. It’s...

Coloradans, inhabitants of the Rocky Mountain State, have many reasons to be proud of their home. But the best reason is the Rocky...

One of the best parts of any Christmas for me is getting to see my brother-in-law Ryan. Allison’s big brother is many things I’m not (but...

On the East edge of the UC Davis campus stands the Social Science Building. Some people call it “SocSci,” but most people refer to it...