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Mark 9:49-50 (NIV) 49 "Everyone will be salted with fire.”  50 “Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with each other." This morning I was reading in Mark...

We make choices every day – Decaf or regular? Scrambled or fried? Paper or plastic? Actually, this is no longer a choice in San Luis Obispo County.  The choice is to either buy another grocery bag or walk back to your car to get the one you...

One of the dumbest things I ever did was to buy a vacuum in response to a TV “infomercial.”  The advertising claims for the “Phantom” were as amazing as how cool it looked, and I felt that if I missed out on getting one...

I’ve heard of many different, creative names for churches, but “The Church of Recycled Trash” is not one of them.  I’m not ready to change ours from New Life, but I must admit that I like it! I read this week of an amazing...

It’s been a year, and I’m still … running!  Last January, we ran the “L.A. Half Marathon” with World Vision for clean water in Africa.  This coming October, we’ll run locally for the same wonderful cause in...

For previous blogs, click on 'Pastor Ron's Blog" in the "News" menu. Christmas always seem to bring a lot of questions.  Are Christmas trees wrong?  No.  Just don’t worship them.  Were there really three wise men?  We...

For previous blogs, click on 'Pastor Ron's Blog" in the "News" menu. Do you worry about your life?  There’s much to worry about these days, if we choose to worry.  We can worry about the outcome of the election, the state of our economy,...

 For previous blogs, click on 'Pastor Ron's Blog" in the "News" menu. The great theologian, Lily Thomlin once asked, “Why is it when we speak to God they call it ‘prayer,’ and when God speaks to us they call it...

 For previous blogs, click on 'Pastor Ron's Blog" in the "News" menu. “Faith, not Fear!”  As you know, this has been my battle cry for quite a while now.  There are always things that can cause us to be afraid. ...

 For previous blogs, click on 'Pastor Ron's Blog" in the "News" menu. I love “summertime!”  It always goes by too fast, but it’s so good while it’s here!  I hope you’re enjoying each day to the full …...