from the pastors and staff of fbc

FBC Davis

Advent 2022 - Devotion of the Day

Advent Devotion by Chidera Alim Scripture Reading: Luke 12:28-38 “Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also” Luke 12:34...

Bronwyn Lea

Helping One Another to Hear God's Still, Small Voice

Last week, we finished up our first “Write and Pray” group. I’ve joked to a few people that “it’s the easiest small group I’ve ever led”,...

Peter Nittler

An Ode to Middle Talk

In about 600 words, I want to convince you that you have a superpower. In her recent NYT Newsletter, Tish Harrison Warren interviews...

Neil Redenbaugh

Friendships and a few ways to form them

Have you used the adjectives sacred or holy to describe your friendships? I don't recall if I ever have, but listen to Eugene Peterson...

Steve Luxa

Where Can I Find Happiness?

Pete Nicholas is a pastor in London, which is to say he ministers in a place that is spiritually akin to Davis only with an attractive...

Peter Nittler

Stranger Things: On Welcoming College Students

I wonder if you can feel it. I wonder if the seismic waves coming from campus as UC Davis starts again can be felt in your corner of the...

Steve Luxa

The Gospel: It Might Not Mean What You Think It Means

What comes to your mind when you think of the gospel? Forgiveness of sin and heaven? Our personal plan of salvation? The Bridge...

Bronwyn Lea

The ABCs Our Kids (and We All) Need

Dear Church Family, “I feel like I have a smoothie of emotions, all mixed up together.” This was how my son described his back-to-school...

Jeff Hodges

The Best Back To School Advice for Parents

It's that time of year again, back to school. A time of year that some rejoice over and others dread. It's getting back into the swing of...

Madeline Peterson

Three Psalms

As I prepare to step away from my position as College Director at FBC, I am filled with a flurry of feelings. This puts me in great...