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Ruth: Nowhere to Belong

Posted on March 31, 2026 by jwfisch

Last week, we began our journey through the Book of Ruth. It starts with someone arriving in a new place, carrying loss, questions, and uncertainty. Ruth is an outsider. A foreigner. Someone who obviously doesn’t belong. But what she finds … Continue reading →

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Ruth: A Story of Belonging

Posted on March 26, 2026 by jwfisch

Over the next three weeks, we are going to step into one of the most beautiful and surprising stories in Scripture: the Book of Ruth. At first glance, Ruth is a small and quiet book. It sits between much larger … Continue reading →

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Belonging: How God turns strangers into family

Posted on March 24, 2026 by jwfisch

Several years ago, a young woman arrived in a small town where she knew almost no one. She had left everything behind. Her home. Her extended family. The language and culture that had shaped her life. She moved because the … Continue reading →

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The Gritty Truth

Posted on March 19, 2026 by jwfisch

I have not seen the movie, “True Grit,” but I have read a few favorable reviews, one of which lauded the moralistic virtue that comes through the film especially embodied in the character of young Maddie. The review quoted her … Continue reading →

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Hotel San Carlos

Posted on March 17, 2026 by jwfisch

If you choose your hotels based on their workout rooms, pools, saunas, Jacuzzis, restaurants, free hot breakfasts, room service, easy parking and modern amenities, you would not like the hotel I stayed at last weekend in downtown Phoenix, Arizona. It … Continue reading →

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Random Observations From Los Angeles to Phoenix

Posted on March 16, 2026 by jwfisch

“Beaumont, Banning and Blythe” would be a great idea for a song. Southern California east of Moreno Valley is like another state. Steaks ’n’ Cakes is still operating off the last California exit before Arizona on Interstate 10. Amazing. Except … Continue reading →

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Not the Only One Here

Posted on March 13, 2026 by jwfisch

As a young adult, trying to make sense of the religion I had grown up with was a challenge. I had had enough undeniable spiritual encounters with God to convince me of the reality of the gospel and God’s reality, … Continue reading →

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‘Rest in Him’

Posted on March 11, 2026 by jwfisch

There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his. Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest… Hebrews 4:9-11 The last song in … Continue reading →

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‘We Have Died’

Posted on March 10, 2026 by jwfisch

We continue our series on the New Covenant using the songs from the New Covenant musical as a track to run on. And there will be a link to a YouTube version of the song to listen to at the … Continue reading →