Posts with the category “growing-together-newsletters”

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

" 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