(Message given November 30, 2014 at Newberg Friends Church) Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains would tremble before you! As when fire sets twigs ablaze and causes water to boil, come down to make your name known to …
Read MoreSoil, Seeds, and Harvest
(Our Thanksgiving service for Newberg Friends Church was at Bauman Auditorium on the George Fox University campus on November 23, 2014. We love sharing community with fresh pressed apple cider and pumpkin donuts, and then worshiping all together instead of in separate services. This year, …
Read MoreSeek God’s Kingdom First
(Message given at Newberg Friends Church on November 16, 2014) In today’s section from the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus tells us not to worry about what we will eat, drink or wear. But watching tv this week, I discovered a whole new way to …
Read MoreTreasures in Heaven
(Message given at Newberg Friends Church on November 9, 2014) ‘Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not …
Read MoreDoors, Judgment, Love
(I had the opportunity to speak in chapel at George Fox University as part of Quaker Focus Week, on November 4, 2014) Have you ever had a recurring nightmare? I had one for years as a kid, and I hated it. Every time, I’d be walking …
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