The Biblical

Spoiled and Reworked (Jeremiah 18:1-11)

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(This is the message portion of what I shared on Sunday that follows a story I wrote. This message comes from Jeremiah 18:1-11.) We in the middle of discussing various passages from the book

All We Grow (Jeremiah 2:4-13)

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This is the message I gave on Sunday. Opening_ What are we growing? There’s a new album that recently came out titled “All We Grow,” by S. Carey. While I actually really like the

The Testimony of Witness

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This is my sermon from Sunday. If you’d like a little background to this, you can check out yesterday’s post “In Search of a New Frame for Evangelism and Mission.” This is my

Those It Is Acceptable to Hate

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This summer some of us from our church meet every other week to discuss a query dealing with some issue related to things happening around the world. A few weeks back we talked about a

The Testimony of Truthfulness (Matt. 5:33-37)

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Text from my sermon June 13, 2010. This morning we begin our summer long discussion on Quaker testimonies with the testimony of truthfulness,  or what has more typically been called the testimony of truth-telling, honesty,

The Convergence of Quakerism – Ephesians 2:11ff

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The text from my message given to Camas Friends Church June 6, 2010 Personal Histories In the last couple weeks, I have been reflecting a lot on my own history, my own personal narratives that

Lady Wisdom as Mid-Wife (Proverbs 8)

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While I was at Pendle Hill a couple weeks back I mentioned there was a lot of talk about meeting houses closing, there was a lot of talk about death, some literal death, some the

The Wounding of Creation

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This morning someone in our meeting requested prayer for the oil spill and during the time of prayer the image of the oil spill came back to me in a powerful way. I envisioned the

Lady Wisdom, Feminine Divine and Proverbs 8

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Last week we discussed Proverbs 8, here are some of my thoughts on the passage. Let’s be honest here, the (divine feminine) language in this passage can be little shocking to American Christianity, which

Movements and Common Language of the Spirit – Acts 2

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Last week I wrote a little about our experience of visiting another Quaker meeting in Portland last Sunday. During that time of open worship I thought some about Acts 2 and Pentecost. It was obvious