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09/23/2026

Sometimes we stay in places that are familia, because uncertainty feels scarier than what we already know.
That’s part of what we see in the story of the Israelites.

Egypt was bo***ge, but it was predictable. The wilderness was the uncertain path forward, with less control, less clarity, and no way to know exactly how each day would unfold.

But they were not alone in it. God was with them in the wilderness, providing for them and teaching them to depend on him one day at a time.

And sometimes God leads us through places like that too. Places where we have to practice discomfort, loosen our grip on certainty, and trust his presence before we can see where the path is leading.

In our Open Spaces series, we’ve been looking at how God uses nature and the wilderness to form us. The wilderness can expose how much we depend on familiarity and control, while teaching us to be present with God, depend on him, and learn to live more freely even when we can’t see very far ahead.

09/22/2026

Some seasons of life leave us changed in ways we never would have chosen.

Yesterday we continued our Open Spaces series and looked at the canyon and the valleys we all eventually walk through: grief, disappointment, uncertainty, loss.

The promise of Psalm 23 isn’t that those valleys won’t hurt. It’s that God meets us there, walks with us through them, and can transform us along the way.

Sometimes the evidence of God’s work isn’t a changed circumstance. It’s realizing we didn’t walk through it alone.

09/18/2026

We can spend a lot of our lives trying to force growth.
But branches don’t manufacture fruit. They stay connected to the source of life.

Jesus’ invitation is simple: abide. Receive love, grace, mercy, and life from Him, and let that life flow through you.

Sometimes we can work really hard to look spiritually healthy while feeling dry or disconnected underneath.We try to be ...
09/16/2026

Sometimes we can work really hard to look spiritually healthy while feeling dry or disconnected underneath.

We try to be more patient, more loving, more joyful, more self-controlled.

And those are good things. But if we’re trying to produce them through effort alone, eventually it gets exhausting. We can start focusing so much on the fruit that we lose sight of the source.

That’s why Jesus’ picture in John 15 matters. A branch doesn’t produce fruit by forcing it. It bears fruit because it stays connected to the vine and receives life from it.

The invitation isn’t to stop caring about the fruit. It’s to pay attention to the connection it’s growing from.

Before asking, “How can I try harder?” maybe the better question is, “Am I staying close to Jesus?”

09/15/2026

We’re often taught that maturity looks like needing less from other people. Handling more on our own. Becoming increasingly self-sufficient.

But this past Sunday, as we continued our Open Spaces series and looked at the forest, we saw a very different picture.

Trees flourish through connection. They receive what they need, and that life becomes something they give away.

Jesus offers us the same invitation: stay rooted in Him, receive what He gives, and let that life overflow into the people around you.

09/11/2026

If you missed Sunday’s Bel Air Rebuilds update, here’s a look at how this work is continuing to grow across Los Angeles.

What began through our partnership with Krystal Lopez and We Out Here in Altadena has now expanded to community partners in Compton, Watts, Inglewood, and Boyle Heights, with more relationships still being built.

This has always been a long-term commitment. As families and neighborhoods continue to rebuild, we want to keep showing up, learning from the leaders already doing the work, and becoming the kind of church that puts our hands to what our city needs.

There are more ways to get involved, and we need more people to be part of it.

Learn more and sign up at belair.org/rebuild

09/10/2026

What if the seasons that feel empty are not empty at all?

Throughout Scripture, the desert is often where God strips away what distracts us, reveals what we’ve been relying on, and reminds us what actually sustains us.

Hagar, Moses, Elijah, Jesus, again and again, the wilderness becomes a place of formation before what comes next.

This past Sunday in Open Spaces, we looked at how the desert refines us. Not because hardship itself is good, but because when so much is stripped away, we may be able to see more clearly the God who has been with us all along.

What might God be revealing in the places that feel sparse right now?

If you’re carrying a lot of uncertainty about what’s ahead, maybe the invitation isn’t to figure it all out today.Maybe ...
09/09/2026

If you’re carrying a lot of uncertainty about what’s ahead, maybe the invitation isn’t to figure it all out today.

Maybe it’s simply to notice how God is meeting you here, and trust that He’ll meet you again tomorrow.

What would it look like to receive today’s grace for today?

09/05/2026

It’s possible to move through our days so distracted that we miss what’s happening in our own hearts, the people right in front of us, and even the ways God may be inviting us to respond.

Jesus calls us to love God, our neighbor, and ourselves. And love requires attention.

Maybe a question worth carrying into this week is: What is God inviting me to notice?

09/04/2026

Following Jesus isn’t about spending your life trying to repay a debt.

Jesus doesn’t need our obedience to make Him whole. He invites us to follow because life with Him is actually better. He isn’t simply someone we owe something to. He is the way, the truth, and the life.

We follow Jesus because we believe that in Him, we find the life we were made for.

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