Tim Buzbee
I’ll find Him, and He’ll know about the scars I have.
Tim Buzbee was one of those full-throttle kids, attacking a world of fun with surfboards, skateboards, and snowboards. From early adulthood, his good times were fueled by a deep dissatisfaction that led to anger and alcohol abuse. All this despite growing up in a good and Godly two-parent home. Various attempts to curb his drinking failed, and he knew he went looking for something to stop him. A visit to a church gave him renewed hope that he could straighten up.
Young Goodman, one of San Diego’s newest emerging four-piece alternative rock bands, is blowing out the club scene with its heavy riffs, driving beats, and lyrics that linger with you beyond their shows. Over the past three years, YG’s Midwestern roots have been firmly transplanted into the SoCal ... MORE>>
The violin is really emotional to me and when I saw Alicia Previn play, it moved me. But I had no idea of her back-story—that her father was Andre Previn, and that he had furnished her with the finest tutors since the age of seven. That she played with the London Symphony Orchestra Chorus while stil... MORE>>
People that meet Mark Foreman are always surprised to discover that this backyard philosopher, socially conscious individual, surfer dude is, in fact, a pastor. I’m not sure if this is a compliment to Mark or a dis to pastors in general. Mark reaches beyond the pulpit into the heart of the matter, w... MORE>>
It was the mid 1970s, a great time to be young and healthy, especially if you were one of the top surfers in California and being paid to do what you loved best.
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After five years as a Naval officer, Larry Brown decided to call it quits. A recent convert to Christianity, he then entered Bible school. But his real purpose in life was not revealed until he began to travel to some of the world’s most remote and impoverished countries.
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Where I live, in Southern California, shelter is not absolutely necessary to support life. The temperature is rarely over 80 or under 50, it rains a dozen times a year, and the public restrooms are nicer than the luxury apartments in other parts of the world. Some of those other places are so cold tha... MORE>>
I don’t know what a best-selling author is supposed to look like, but Lee Strobel isn’t it. He looks too young, too joyful, too humble, too sober. Yet, I am assured through his testimony that if I had met him when he was the legal editor for the Chicago Tribune, he would have been less humble, les... MORE>>
It was as if everything had a point, and it was up to me to get my Burning Bush decoder ring and figure out the specific hidden message God had for me. I don't do that anymore. I just look for signs of his presence, because I know they are there. He doesn't hide. I am just blind.
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On July 2, 1948, Harvey and Lavina Hoekstra, along with their young family, sailed for remote regions of Africa, with the intent of spreading the Gospel. They arrived in Cairo just in time to experience the city being bombed by Israeli planes. That was the beginning of a lifetime of meaningful adventu... MORE>>
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