Malibu 2019

I was first invited to attend the Gathering of Leaders about 5 years ago, early in my ordained ministry. At the time, I was unable to attend for various reasons: time, money, family commitments. This time around, when I saw that GOL was taking place much closer to home, and...

This January, our Malibu Gathering focused on unity in light of the unhappy divisions that characterize our lives. We are members of the one Body of Christ, yet this Body bears bruises and scars reflecting our internal discord. Moreover, we swim in a deeply polarized cultural milieu which seems to...

Our opening Bible study at the Malibu Gathering focused on how God often disrupts our lives—like God did with Saul on the road to Damascus—and that such disruptions lead us to depend on others. Saul needed Annanias to bring healing, and then others to help him escape. Holy disruptions lead...