Pastor Rob’s blog where he shares valuable insight from his studies with the church.
I wear contacts normally, but occasionally I need the focus that reading glasses provide. I jokingly tell people that I don’t need the reading glasses but wear them only because they make me look good. But nobody believes me…not even me. First, I need a lot more than glasses to […]
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Forgive me for celebrating a proud dad moment, but I just can’t help it. Lisa and I have three amazing sons of whom we are incredibly proud. Just ask me, and I’ll brag on each of them without taking a breath. We just returned from the East Coast where […]
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September is just around the corner and it’s time to get back to a schedule. For many, the summer is a time to change things up. Kids are no longer in school, the sun is out, and there is no football to watch. Well, guess what? It is that time […]
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Why do we create, promote, and conduct Short Term Out-Reach Missions trips? STORM trips are crucial to our overall mission’s strategy here at BCA for a variety of reasons. First, Jesus said “Go.” In His Great Commission, Matthew 28:18-20, Jesus tells us to “go into all the world and […]
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God cares about numbers. There is an entire book in the Bible called Numbers. The disciples caught 153 fish (John 21:11). Creation took place over 6 days (Genesis). There were 12 disciples, 7 deacons, 12 tribes, and 1 God. And I could go on. Numbers matter to us at BCA […]
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Last night my wife and I attended a nearby prayer vigil in our community where we have lived for over 16 years. Two days earlier there was a shooting in Mukilteo where 3 young people were horrifically killed and another one critically wounded by a fellow classmate. We gathered in […]
Read MoreI enjoy sports. Like you, I have my favorites. When it comes to football, for example, I don’t just watch the game, I have inserted myself into the game and am actually making tackles and stretching out for a long completion. I do love football. This summer we are all […]
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See a hurt and heal it. Find a need and meet it. Look for emptiness and fill it. Detect hopelessness and change it. Watch for aloneness and comfort it. At BCA, we believe love is “compassion in action.” Loving others the way Jesus loved requires action. We are compelled as […]
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This week I spoke to our youth students and their parents about how to handle the pain of losing someone you love. Tragedies are never easy and always hard. We recently lost one of our church’s finest youth leaders and young men. Alex grew up at BCA and was a […]
Read MoreWe all believe that “good news” is for sharing. Especially when it comes to sharing the “good news” of God’s love. And yet, it can be hard. We all want to help our friends and family find their way to Christ, but we just don’t always keep it in priority […]
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