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Entries for September, 2008

Let Me In!

Sermon @ Coast Vineyard by Michelle Wilson on September 21st, 2008
Let Me In! Learning to Cry Out to God When We Need Help — A message from Revelation 3:14-22
Laodicea was famous for its wealth (banks with great capital and the ability to lend and be generously charitable with neighboring cities.)  When the city was completely [...]

Building a Community of Love

Sermon @ Coast Vineyard by Jamie Wilson on September 28th, 2008
Building a Community of Love (a message from Acts 2:42-47)
A Dream for Our Church…We aim to build a community of love…

A community that loves God. (Passionately)
A community that loves each other. (Most effective method of communication and apologetics)
A community that loves the world. (With the [...]

Career and Calling

I’m still fighting the battle between career and calling.  I do not want to have my job define who I am, i.e. I do not want to have my identity so closely integrated with what I do for money.  This is tough when you are expected to give 110% at work which you sometimes only [...]

What happened to Prayer Meetings?

During worship at church yesterday I had a clear conviction. I remember in college the availability and convenience of a prayer meetings going on at all hours of the day on campus at UCSD.  I remember them being a regularity and habit of my schedule.  My planner would be blocked out with lecturers, labs, [...]

Financial Responsibility in times like these

Dear Daniel,
The financial markets look ambivalent in their downward course, towards the individual investor.  The once booming housing market is caught in a catch-22 where its no longer creating jobs that create down payment income for those purchasing houses.  Age old financial institutions are failing because of too much focus on the short term and [...]