by Pastor Mark Moreno Shining with the Light of Christ Lighthouses may seem like relics from times past. Nowadays, most lighthouses appear to be more for tourists to visit and explore and always seem to end in a gift shop. But it wasn’t always so! Lighthouses were vital maritime safety tools that guided ships away […]
by Pastor Douglas Brauner Group Shine! You can listen to today’s devotion by clicking on this SoundCloud link. This picture is of the First Order Fresnel lens that graced the top of the 115-foot Point Arena, California lighthouse. I don’t know how light refraction works, but what I do know is that the light from […]
by Pastor Douglas Brauner Meditation You can listen to today’s devotion by clicking on this SoundCloud link. The Coquille River lighthouse in Bandon, Oregon first lit its fourth-order Fresnel lens on February 29, 1896, and protected the mouth of the Coquille River until 1939. Over the years, wind battered the lighthouse, and vandals defaced it […]