Posts from April 2025
Afterglow
Luke 24:13-35 The Lenten season is in the rearview mirror, and Easter decorations have been stored for another year. It is easy to move from one season to another without fully processing what has just passed. As a therapist I practice a form of therapy called Lifespan Integration. It is a therapy that works to build new neuropathways for those who have experienced trauma. What strikes me about that work is how the brain continues to process the session for…
Unwavering Faith
A while back a movie was recommended to me called “The Walk”. It told the true story of a French high wire artist by the name of Philippe Petit, who, in 1974 became the only human, that has ever “scaled the immense void between the World Trade Center towers”. You read that correctly! Mr. Petit, along with a team of accomplices, was able to covertly suspend a high wire between the towers and successfully traverse it, not once, but 8 times! His planning had…
SFNAZ Newsletter – April 2025
Click Here to view the Pastor Wes’ devotional! SFNAZ ANNOUNCEMENTS JOURNEY TO THE CROSS Our Wednesday night Journey to the Cross event is an amazing interactive experience that will engage all five of your senses as you walk through Jesus’ last days leading up to his execution on the cross. Families are invited to work through this experience together so they can talk about the experience and parents can help their children do the activity at each station. *Children and…
Jesus’ Prayer
I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word. That they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, I in them and…
Not That Kind of King
Pilate asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” Jesus replied, “That’s what you say.” (Luke 23:3, CEB) As we continue the journey through Lent and consider the events leading up to Jesus’ crucifixion, this scene in scripture where Jesus is brought before Pilate always draws me into the narrative. Pilate was told Jesus had claimed to be a king, but this was a label that was given to him. In John’s gospel, Jesus’ longer reply to Pilate explains,…