Light of the Canyon United Methodist Church

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My personal hero, Bono, the lead singer of the Irish roc band U2, delivered an incredible sermon at the 2006 National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C. In it he challenged the church to try and discover where God is on the move in the world, and then get on board because that is already blessed.  [...]

Theologians, pastors, churches, denominations, and a whole host of others have spoken about what pleases God. They have taught a variety of doctrines about what questions we will be asked when we finally meet God face to face. In the 25th chapter of Matthew’s gospel, Jesus paints a portrait of that event. And it is [...]

In the parable of the two sons, Jesus teaches a simple truth, “talk is cheap.” A true disciple does more than “talk the talk.” A true disciple “walks the walk.” Walking the walk does not mean obeying certain rules, or saying certain things. Wlkaing the walk means allowing God’s love and grace to work in [...]

The Extreme Center is an important part of our identity at Light of the Canyon. But, there are several important things to note about it. It is not just a compromise between the left and the right. In fact, life in the extreme center rejects the liberal/concervative continuum altogether. Instread, our focus is on a [...]

Today, we conclude our sermon series “Christianity’s Family Tree” by looking at those wild and wacky Methodists. John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist movement back in the 18th century struggled constantly with being holy enough to “earn” God’s grace. And, no matter what he did, he never felt that he succeeded. Then, one night, [...]

In the second chapter of Acts, we read the story of Pentecost, the birth of the Christian church. At Pentecost, God’s Holy Spirit was revealed to the people as a “violent wind.” We in the Santa Ana Canyon know a thing or two about violent winds. They are not always fun. Be that as it [...]

In recognition of the fact that this coming Thursday, January 15 would have been the 80th birthday of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and out of deference to his legacy of fighting for civil rights, churches all across the country are participating in National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. This is an important issue [...]

Today, as we continue our series on “Christianity’s Family Tree,” we are exploring the various traditions that emerged from the Protestant Reformation. One of the great legacies of the reformation was that it provided people with the opportunity to have direct access to God. That is a good thing. But, it also increased the [...]

1 Peter 2:4-10 - We close out 2008 by looking back, not to the beginning of the year, but to the beginning of the church. How did things come to be the way they were? Depending on who you ask, in the beginning the church that formed out of the movement that Jesus started became [...]