What's the Arbor?
No, it's not a winery, but we will connect you with the one who makes wine out of water.
Feb 13, 20232 min read
The Price of a Pew
A Call to Awaken from the Comfort of the West While we in the West debate the temperature of our sanctuaries or whether the worship set list was to our liking, a sobering reality is unfolding across the globe. In the early weeks of 2026, the silence of the winter morning in China was shattered not by bells, but by the heavy boots of riot police and the low growl of bulldozers. The crackdown on "house churches"—those congregations that refuse to let the state dictate their the
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The Girl, the Doll and the Deliverer.
When I was a little girl, my most prized possession was a porcelain doll. She was beautiful, with hand-painted features and a stiff, lace-trimmed blue dress that felt like royalty. I named her Mary. But even as a child, I didn't stop there. I called her Mary Magdalene. I knew the Sunday School version of her story: the woman who followed Jesus, the one who was there at the tomb. I knew, in a vague childhood way, that Jesus had cast "demons" out of her. I loved that she was lo
Dec 18, 20253 min read
Finding God in the Shift of Seasons
A Sanctuary of Spiritual Protection: The air is changing. You can feel it, can't you? It's that subtle, almost imperceptible shift from...
Sep 2, 20254 min read