Keith Hillesland

“We look not at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen; for what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal.  2 Corinthians 4:18[1] Dear Church, This image[2] captures the longing I feel to go….  To go somewhere, to see someone, or be somewhere…else.  I know I live with two dear friends […]

Sunday, May 3rd, is the 4th Sunday of Easter. It’s also Good Shepherd Sunday, and it’s the 7th Sunday of shelter-in-place orders. Shelter-in-place has been extended to May 31st with a new order from the Alameda County Health Officer that takes effect at 11:59 pm Sunday.  As we have been doing since the shelter-in-place order first took effect, we

Today’s Special. Not that long ago, when we walked into our favorite dining establishment, we would see the sign above. Oh for those days again. Let me give you an example. This being Friday, if you drove to the Cracker Barrel in Sacramento their special is The Fish Fry.  The special is priced at $9.99 and

I just googled “differences in rye flour for sourdough bread”. Because, sure enough, we too have started baking our own bread. Like basically everyone I know in my neighborhood. Which explains why a) people present their freshly made breads proudly on Facebook. Why b) everyone now seems to have a sourdough-starter at home with a

Devotion for April 27, 2020 The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Galatians 5:22-23a[1] Oh, boy…..  I don’t know about you, but I’m struggling with some of the fruits of the Spirit Paul talks to the Galatians about.  I’m doing pretty well on a few, namely love, generosity,

This Sunday, April 26th, is the third Sunday of Easter.  Once again, you are invited to worship with us through this online worship service.  We miss you all and we look forward to seeing you at church again someday soon! Please see our bulletin if you’d like to follow along and participate.  Today’s worship service was recorded at different

The Only Way Through Grief I don’t know about you but I sure experience a lot of ups and downs lately. Not just over days but hours! At any given moment there is someone in my house expressing joy, frustration, affection, sorrow, enlightenment, boredom, thankfulness and grief. I would guess you might be as well.

Greetings, Tia For the last 3 nights I have done something, I wouldn’t have dreamed about doing just six weeks ago. I howled. Like a wolf. Really loud and long at 8 pm for about 2 minutes. One of my neighbors told me about it and said: “Try it, it’s so refreshing and freeing.” I