–> Greetings, We all appreciate and value connectedness in our family relationships. While there are always exceptions due to dysfunctional families, most of us look forward to time with family. Perhaps that is more the case as you get older. Many of the issues that take us on tangents away from our families eventually become…

–> Greetings, The author of the letter to the Hebrews – traditionally presumed to be the apostle Paul – provides deep spiritual understanding of Christ’s role in both the Melchizedek priesthood and the sacrificial system. There was an expectation that members of the Church would use the extra help given to them through God’s Holy…

–> Greetings, Human life is all about relationships. In the first chapters of Genesis we see a relationship between man, the creation, and his Creator. As God created the animals He brought them to Adam for him to name. They walked and talked together in a harmonious relationship. On the human level God created a…

–> Greetings, As the year 2016 draws to a close, it is perhaps fitting that we give some attention to the Oxford Dictionary’s Word of the Year for 2016. It neatly sums up where this year has brought us and gives us an indication of what might lie ahead for 2017. The word is post-truth…

–> We live in a perilous time today where, as Paul told Timothy, people are lovers of themselves, proud, unloving, brutal and lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, among other things. Watching these elements play out in the news isn’t very uplifting – it is stressful. And being touched by these selfish negatives…

level”:5} –> In the Lifeboat Analogies can sometimes be helpful in highlighting the reality of a situation in a memorable way. One that I personally find to be of help is the lifeboat analogy. We are afloat on a vast ocean of world disorder, religious confusion, chaos in certain areas of the planet, war and…

–> As Mr. Orchard mentioned last week, my wife, Connie, and I just returned from visiting brethren in Rwanda and Madagascar. Travelling back to London was a little more difficult than usual. Due to a crash on the Nairobi runway, the flight we were to take from Antananarivo to Nairobi arrived 14 hours late (after…

–> Greetings, This week Gillian and I have been in El Paso, Texas for Jeanette Emery’s memorial service. The gathering of family and friends was held the day before Thanksgiving and provided a little different window through which to view this national holiday. Also traveling at one of the year’s busiest seasons is – what…

–> Greetings, Have you noticed the dominant feeling amongst people in general is that of uncertainty? There are so many issues of life to which there are no clear answers. There are many unknowns. What does Brexit mean for Britain and the world? What does a Trump presidency mean for the United States and the…

–> Greetings, As we pause on this Sabbath day we can be very thankful for the true “rest” it supplies for us. This week it must surely be impressed upon God’s people how much the Kingdom of God is needed as the ruling body over this earth. God’s Kingdom is a future hope and promise…

–> Greetings, Our lives have been carefully designed by an all-knowing, supremely intelligent, loving God, who is focused on His purpose. He designed and created the human mind and body for this purpose. We have been blessed to have that knowledge revealed to us and to rehearse it each year through the vitally important Holy…

–> Sabbath services for October 15 will be at the usual time of 11:00 am Pacific. The only difference will be that they will originate from Oxnard. Daily services during the Feast of Tabernacles will be streamed live for any unable to attend the Feast. They will originate from Oxnard and the Oxnard Feast Schedule…

–> Analogies can sometimes be helpful in highlighting the reality of a situation in a memorable way. One that I personally find to be of help is the lifeboat analogy. We are afloat on a vast ocean of world disorder, religious confusion, chaos in certain areas of the planet, war and destruction in others. Satan’s…