By Rankin Wilbourne, Lead Pastor

This might seem like a silly question (of course it is!) or merely a matter of semantics, but for the Marrow Men (see last week’s blog) and those familiar with church history, it… Continue Reading

By Rankin Wilbourne, Lead Pastor

Reading through Timothy Keller’s latest book Center Church (which by the way is a brilliant synthesis of his collected writings on the marks of a church in the city for the city), I kept coming… Continue Reading

By Drew Sokol, Pastor

“i’m nobody, who are you?
are you — nobody — too?”
- Emily Dickinson

You would probably never guess that, during her lifetime, Emily Dickinson really was a “nobody”. Hardly anybody knew her poetry.… Continue Reading

By Rankin Wilbourne, Lead Pastor

When I heard about the upcoming June 1 Open Forum and the quality talent involved, my first thought was, “I’ll be there!” I wish, however, that my first response was, “Who can I invite?” This… Continue Reading

By Chris Weldon, Director of Worship

Every week I get to serve with an incredible group of people called the Pacific Crossroads worship team. These people include instrumentalists, tech crew, vocalists, sound engineers, pastors, prayer leaders, and more.… Continue Reading

By Alex Scott, Sunday Service Volunteer Coordinator

When we think of worship on a Sunday morning or evening, we usually think of singing or receiving a teaching. The part of worship that we don’t think of as worship is volunteering.… Continue Reading

By Rankin Wilbourne, Lead Pastor

There’s an iconic scene in Steve Martin’s film L.A. Story where he gets in his car to drive next door. Driving is quintessential L.A. So is arriving late. Even our term “fashionably late” reinforces the… Continue Reading

By Erin McCabe, Director of Connection

Over the past ten years I’ve lived in Tennessee, Alabama, Texas, and now California. Always in transition, as if I’ve been living in tents like Abraham wandering through the desert. Never in a place… Continue Reading

By Rankin Wilbourne, Lead Pastor

Pride plays a greater part than goodness in the objections we make to those who commit mistakes; and we admonish them not so much to correct them as to convince them that we… Continue Reading

by Sean Davis, a member of Pacific Crossroads

The first time I met Edward was in February 2012 at an airport in East Asia. I was in the country on a short-term mission trip with my team from Pacific Crossroads,… Continue Reading