born and raised twice in the bay, I preach Jesus and him crucified
(April 6, 2026) - NASA’s Orion spacecraft captures the Moon and the Earth in one frame during the Artemis II crew’s deep space journey at 6:42 p.m. ET on the sixth day of the mission. The right side of NASA’s Orion spacecraft is seen lit up by the Sun. A waxing crescent Moon is visible... Continue Reading →
Charles Colson (left) with White House Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman.Photo: Jack Kightlinger / White House Photo / Nixon Presidential Library and Museum / NARA "I know the resurrection is a fact, and Watergate proved it to me. How? Because twelve men testified they had seen Jesus raised from the dead, and then they proclaimed... Continue Reading →
"Altar Site at Tel Dan.” Photograph taken May 19, 2022 at Tel Dan There is a decision most of us have made that we do not like to call what it was. We dressed it up. We called it wisdom, or prudence, or reading the room. We told ourselves we were being practical, that we... Continue Reading →
There is a question most of us carry without ever saying it aloud. It runs beneath the surface of a hundred ordinary moments. At work when you are passed over. At home when your effort goes unnoticed. At church when someone else is asked to lead, to speak, to be trusted with the thing you... Continue Reading →
This week, I had the absolute joy of performing the wedding ceremony for my son Jesse and his bride Jenna. I have preached funerals, led worship services through grief, and stood at bedsides in the middle of the night. But there is something particular about standing before friends and family to officiate a covenant for... Continue Reading →
Phillip W. Martin 