Month: April 2015

(Message given at Newberg Friends Church on April 26, 2015. During the message, I asked for and received many excellent suggestions from the group. So unfortunately here, you miss those, and instead read some of what I prepared and didn’t share.) Jesus had a way …

(Message given at Newberg Friends Church on April 19, 2015) Remember last week I told you I usually come up with a little paragraph and the bible text we are using for a particular Sunday? Remember how I said sometimes it changes a lot when …

(Message given at Newberg Friends Church on April 12, 2015) Whenever I consciously think about it, the huge variety of ways that the bible talks about God overwhelms me. The spectrum goes from huge, cosmic God on one end…the God who creates everything, who parts seas, …

(Message given at Newberg Friends Church on April 5, 2015) One of the things I’ve learned over the years is that there is always a deeper layer of meaning to discover in these huge moments in Jesus’ life, these holidays that truly celebrate holy days. I …