Frost on the windows, leaves turning gold and brown plus a permissible excuse to drink hot cocoa... November is a beautiful time of year for us Californians. It almost feels like we get to experience ...  Read More

Last week I journeyed down to SoCal as a delegate for our church at the 2023 General Assembly (GA) for the churches in the OMS Holiness Church of North America, our church conference. It was held at t...  Read More

Back to school season is generally not a favorite of mine. I remember dreading it as a kid, thinking of all the responsibilities and loss of free time that came with school while regretting how little...  Read More

Bad things will happened to us. Jesus said it in John 16:33b “In this world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”In the spring of 2021, I took a nasty fall while enter...  Read More

Be strong and courageous, for you shall cause this people to inherit the landthat I swore to their fathers to give them.  Joshua 1:6In 2019, I had the great privilege and honor to follow in the footst...  Read More

As I’m writing this, our hometown Golden State Warriors just got eliminated from the NBA playoffs in Game 6 of the Western Conference Semifinals. Although it was exciting to see them advance in the po...  Read More

I recently learned of a movement in the Christian community known as “deconstruction.”  It is a trend that has swept the American evangelical church, primarily among youth to middle aged adults causin...  Read More

This year at church retreat, there were a lot of firsts. First church retreat after the COVID shutdowns, first retreat at Mt. Hermon, the first time many of us heard Pastor Greg Mah. This was also the...  Read More

“If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and itwill be given him. James 1:5 ESVEvery day we make decisions.  Sometimes the decisions are small like, ...  Read More

“As a father shows compassion to his children,so the LORD shows compassion to those who fear him.For he knows our frame;he remembers that we are dust.”(Psalm 103:13–14)I have two kids who are over 10 ...  Read More

New Years Resolution.Did you have one for 2022?Or did it come and go with no significant changes to your lifestyle?Maybe 2022 was a good year. Maybe it was a bad year.But was there anything about 2022...  Read More

" Adoption is for Every Child of God" by Frank NakasoneMany of you know my brother, Pastor Harlan.Since 2004, he has led a small church inHonolulu called Fellowship Baptist, and itministers to the ver...  Read More