Carlsbad, a community with about half the population of Modesto, removed invocations in 2023. In May of this year, it ordered police and fire chaplains to refrain from praying “in Jesus’ name.” ...
Costa Mesa First UMC members Tuesday night engaged in a multisensory service designed to soothe nervous systems fraught by the tension and anxiety of this year's election cycle.
This is where God is calling us to live. In that hiding place, that divine shelter, that secret place where no one can touch us, and nothing can harm us. And even though that place is spiritual rather ...