The Oceanside United Reformed Church invites you if you’re local or passing through to visit family & friends, to its 25th annual Christmas Eve Festival of Lessons & Carols—Wednesday, December 24 at 6:30 p.m. at the Army & Navy Academy Chapel, 2549 Ocean St., Carlsbad, 92008, located on the border of Oceanside and Carlsbad.

A sermon for Thanksgiving 2025

Some short book notices of books received, read, and reviewed during August 2025 .

Announcing a new series of messages by Daniel R. Hyde at the Oceanside United Reformed Church entitled "Opening Up Romans." This series will lead us verse by verse, chapter by chapter through this foundation portion of Holy Scripture.

My influential college professor, Ronald Wright, always said in class: “Theology that does not become biography is wishful thinking.”

I don’t recall him discussing the question of theological prolegomena in terms of whether theology is more speculative or practical, but I later came to learn that his slogan was a result of hundreds of years of Christian reflection.