The Cross of Repentance: Thoughts on Forgiveness and Confession
For the Third Month of the 2010 Friends’ Calendar this quote sits above the dates: The life of the cross is a life of the cross of repentance…Most of those who inform us today
Six Months Quaker Preacher
Berrigan on Prayer
This quote caught my attention today: And then there is the question of prayer, which consists for the most part in inisiting that God do for us what we are unwilling to do for one
Becoming Thomas (John 20:19-29)
This is the text from my sermon this week. It was delivered within the context of joint worship at Camas Friends Church who invited Friends from Multnomah Meeting and Bridge City Meeting to join us
Easter: The First Day of New Creation (John 20:1-18)
This is my Easter sermon. Intro_ For me it was at a church I recently begun attending with my family back when I was back in Ohio when I was a kid. Our was a
New Convergent Friends Article (Quaker Studies)
Next time you find your way to a university library you should pick up the latest copy of Quaker Studies journal (Volume 14, Issue 2 March 2010). My first journal article, “Convergent Friends: The Emergence
When the Stones Fell Silent
He answered, I tell you, if these were silent, the stones would shout out. (Luke 19:40) Today is Palm Sunday, the day we reflect on Jesus’ “triumphal” ride into Jerusalem. Ironically his ride isn’
Preparing for Unprogrammed Worship in A Programmed (Quaker) Meeting
When I was hired as the pastor of Camas Friends one of the things that the elders told me was that they hoped to have unprogrammed (aka silent or open) worship quarterly. This was an
Creating Liberated Spaces: Some Thoughts
Back in February, and on the dawn of Transfiguration Sunday, about 30 (?) folks piled into a Southeastern Portland home to share in a conversation being facilitated by two out of towners Eliacin Rosario-Cruz (Seattle) and
A Prayer for Those in Need
Here is a prayer we prayed one Sunday morning after reflecting on those who have great needs in our town. God of the broken, God of the wanderer, Christ who is without shelter, Surround those
The Three Prodigals – Luke 15:11-32
This is the sermon from last week. prodigal 1 spending money or resources freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant : prodigal habits die hard. 2 having or giving something on a lavish scale : the dessert was crunchy
Different Days Off
We decided to experiment with changing my days off, so I worked on Monday and am planning on taking Friday off. I have been taking Mondays off since I began pastoring last May. While it’
Fast/Face
I’ve been scaling back my time on twitter for sometime; I nearly deleted the account a month ago but had too many friends ask me not to do it so I reconsidered. Now I