This is a snapshot of what I’ll be speaking about next Monday at George Fox University’s chapel. You Israelites, and others who fear God, listen. The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors and made the people great during their stay in the land of Egypt, and
Continue reading →The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. – Jesus (John 10:10 NRSV)I love Fall. It is a beautiful transition time from summer to winter. From a time of abundance to a time of rest, where
Continue reading →Damage by Wendell Berry I. I have a steep wooded hillside that I wanted to be able to pasture occasionally, but it had no water supply. About halfway to the top of the slop there is a narrow bench, on which I thought I could make a small pond. I
Continue reading →This is the sermon I gave at Camas Friends Church on October 2, 2011 about the ten commandments. [First I asked some questions about people’s interactions with the ten commandments and we had a good time of sharing out of that. Then I shared a number of ten commandment-styled
Continue reading →About a month ago we began a Wednesday evening meeting at Camas Friends (the Quaker meeting I pastor). The goal of these meetings are to build our friendships with each other (so we eat together before the class begins), as well as add to our being a learning community. The
Continue reading →Yesterday during worship at Camas Friends Church, Brad Tricola preached on the Exodus 16 passage about Sabbath. His message was in part about just how difficult it is to live up to the ideal of sabbath, even the Hebrews continued to gather on the day they were to take off.
Continue reading →This is the message I gave at Camas Friends Church on September 18, 2011. Complaints. We pick up our story shortly after were we left off last week. The Hebrews have past their entrance exam, which was proctors by prof. Moses and his assistant Aaron, and now they have been
Continue reading →This is the text from the message I gave at Camas Friends Church September 11, 2011. The Experience of the Experience This past week we were at the beach. Searching for rocks. Lily and Mae scooped while Emily and I carefully picked. At first this was frustrating. It felt like
Continue reading →The other evening I was fortunate enough to join some of our local unprogrammed Quaker friends in a meeting for worship. I needed and really appreciated the worship in silence. It is nice to be a Quaker pastor, who can show up and worship in a space where I do
Continue reading →Here is my message from August 21, 2011 (slides can be found here). _a birth story How many of you have given birth or been present at a birth before? [I told Story about L’s birth and the power (for me) of her being drawn out of the womb]
Continue reading →This is the final message I gave a few months back on the resurrection community from John 21.This week we finish our series on the Resurrection Community by turning the last part of John 21 and the dialogue between Jesus and Peter: When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said
Continue reading →This is the message I gave during our meeting for worship on Sunday August 13, 2011. _religion and Norway On July 22, 2011, a 32-year-old man drove his car into the city centre of his hometown, Oslo Norway, near a number of government buildings. He was not out to file
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