“When hinges creak in doorless chambers, and strange and frightening  sounds echo through the halls. Whenever candlelights flicker where the  air is deathly still. That is the time when ghosts are present, practicing  their terror with ghoulish delight!” Friends! Iit’s days from Halloween and even better only a few days until Spooky Sunday!  This ... Continue

Hello Dear Fairview Friends! I spent the weekend with our friends from the Evergreen Association of the American Baptists Churches, USA.  I value the time we have together with our Baptist friends, because it often feels so challenging because it feels like we are the only Baptists I know! We are ... Continue

Hiya Fairview, What a World Communion Celebration we had together on Sunday!  We began the service with multiple languages asserting “We are one family” and then sang out “Santo Santo!” in Spanish!  One of the most beautiful sights was the children of our church bringing in the many different breads of ... Continue

My Dear Friends, What an amazing All Church Retreat we had this past weekend!  We always have a great time at our annual retreat, but I feel that our new location really suits us!  We were pampered this year by staying in incredible accommodations!  While we did stay at the Irvine ... Continue

My Dear Friends, Were I writing this on Monday, my thoughts would have been happy, joyous, even!  Sunday morning we gathered for Rally Day, our sanctuary decorated with balloons, our hearts filled with song, smiles abound.   The Preachy Puppets brought to us by David Ruby were incredible!  Each of us meditated ... Continue

My Dear Friends, What a powerful experience it was to worship together with all of you and our Muslim friends from the Orange County Islamic Education Center, and the Council of American Islamic Relations on Sunday morning!  The tenth anniversary of the attacks of September 11th 2001 could not have been ... Continue

Hiya Fairview, This morning I gathered with a select group of “Lead Pastors” in Costa Mesa.   These are some of the “Lead Pastors” involved with OC for OC – One Church for Our City,  a group that formed in March of this year to unite around issues of our city.   We ... Continue

Hello Dear Friends! I write today with joy in my heart having joined with many of you in last night’s Ramadan dinner here at our church with our friends from the Pacifica Institute. What a wonderful gesture of generosity they demonstrated by not only sharing their tradition of Ramadan but also ... Continue

Hi There Fairview! Everywhere I go people seem to be talking about our summer sermon series “Shady Ladies and Bad Boys of the Bible!”  I know it sounds crazy, but it is true!  I walked into Panera this morning and one of the managers came up beaming... “Shady Ladies and Bad ... Continue

Happy Anniversary! Dear friends —you may or may not realize it but we have just celebrated our fifth anniversary together!  In some ways it feels like I’ve been with you much longer, but in other ways it feels like the time has just flown by!   It’s hard to believe that five ... Continue