In many Christian denominations, small groups form the backbone of the church. Sunday worship draws people together in large numbers, but...

If you can imagine the Westshore Community of Practice in, let's say, 5 years, are there particular images to come to mind? What kind of...

There are things we should start, things we should stop, things we should do more, and then things we should do less. The latter category...

After we consider what we should start doing and what we should stop doing, we should also consider what we might do more. Is there a...

Further along the same thinking of "what should we start doing" is the question of what needs to stop. Sometimes groups or churches...

As a church plant, our top priority was discerning where to start and how to start. In non-pandemic times, normally churches start with a...

An important expression of a church is finding (or at least seeking) grounding and connection. When I think "grounding" I'm thinking...

It's all well and good to proclaim we should all live a life of abundance (which is about a state of mind/heart, and not about the stuff...

The "Church" is many things: a gathering of people, a building, an organizational structure, a place of worship, a sacred space, a place...

Works of the heart are very core to the teachings of Jesus. Matthew 25 lists the kinds of works Jesus thought his followers might take...

Some religious folks are content essentially passively holding their 'nugget' of the truth, however they might interpret that. ...

For kids/families 1. All Creation Waits by Gayle Boss "Advent is the season of dwindling light and gathering cold – with a mystery at its...