September 1, 2026 Beloved of God, Many people who love their church are these days asking, “Will my church continue to exist a decade from now?” The wiser ones of…
August 1, 2026 Beloved of God, Mother Teresa used to say to the young nuns in her order: “Do not worry about the things you have not done because you…
July 1, 2026 Beloved of God, Covenant means to be a certain kind of church: Bible-based, Spirit-driven and Christ-centered. To be Christ-centered means to be devotedly seeking to know Him…
June 1, 2026 Beloved of God, Many of us have received an invitation to a party in which someone urges us to come “plus one”. “Plus one” means that the…
May 1, 2026 Beloved of God, Many wonderful things are happening in the life of Covenant this month. But this month, the third most significant holy day in the whole…
April 1, 2026 Beloved of God, The eight days of Holy Week, which began the 29th of last month and will end the first Sunday of this new month, follow…
March 1, 2026 Beloved of God, Reflecting on the impact of the one man Adam and the one man Jesus Christ, the Apostle Paul writes in Romans 5:18, “Just as…
February 1, 2026 Beloved of God, We are returning to a tradition at Covenant to have the Pastors’ Annual Report be the front page letter of our monthly communication (formerly…
January 1, 2026 Beloved of God, If God is as great as we say we think He is, wouldn’t believing in Him, trusting Him and engaging with Him make for…
December 1, 2025 Beloved of God, December is the month of Advent and Christmas. What is Advent? It is the season, 22 to 28 days in length, that starts on…
Colossians 3:15-17 “Keeping Your Heart Healthy” This worship service will be available on our YouTube channel: Covenant Presbyterian Church Long Beach CA. Also, it will be featured on this website…
November 1, 2025 Beloved of God, It is something some of you have heard from Rob often enough, but something we both think of often as we make decisions about…
October 1, 2025 Beloved of God, It is an old piece of wisdom, but one that speaks to us again and again: “The main thing in life is to keep…
September 1, 2025 Beloved of God, Some of us are profoundly concerned by the drift of our culture at large. Generalization being only generally true, there are plenty of exceptions;…
August 1, 2025 Beloved of God, Some of us tend to work too much. Some of us tend to work too little. Whatever our inclinations, God wants us both to…
July 1, 2025 Beloved of God, John Bunyan once made this wise observation: “We can do more than pray after we have prayed; but we cannot do more than pray…
June 1, 2025 Beloved in Christ, In John 16:7 Jesus told His disciples that it would be to their advantage that He returned to heaven because then He would send…
May 1, 2025 Beloved of God, As individuals who follow Jesus Christ, we do not belong to ourselves, but to the Son of God and those He would have us…
April 1, 2025 Beloved of God, The core conviction of the Christian faith is that Jesus Christ died for our sake and that He, three days later, in a unique…
Letter_for_March_2025 March 1, 2025 Beloved of God, Five days into this month, countless Christians throughout out the world enter the spiritual season called Lent. Lent is a period of 40…
