Author: Gregg Koskela

(Content warning: description of disclosure of sexual abuse.) Her words hung there, between us, naked and vulnerable, the long years of secrecy and darkness seeming to still cling to them, weighing them down. I use hung there as a flawed metaphor; something that is so …

(Message given at Newberg Emerging Friends Church on July 15, 2018) Tonight I stand with millions of Jesus-followers throughout the centuries, joining with them to remind us that the Creator of the Universe wants to be known, and is a living, pursuing, healing, and justice-seeking …

I still grieve over the pain so many feel after years of church turmoil. Uprooted, displaced, hopes raised and then dashed, confused, unsure, frustrated, angry, lost, lonely, questioning, doubting, sad, disillusioned, powerless, let down…and grieving.  I’ve wrestled with whether or not to write this. I …

I have a new frame, a new construct, a new living memory for what grace is. Which is extraordinary, because grace is such a cornerstone concept for people of faith. Grace is God’s orientation, relation. Grace is God’s approach to us and with us. Grace …

We trickled out of our hostels and hotels, we travelers from far-flung spaces, winding our way by twos and threes and sixes to tiny St. James Anglican Church. It wasn’t until Elaine and I reached the quiet one lane highway that I realized we weren’t …

Tonight we leave for New Zealand. Seeing those words on the screen staring back at me increases the shock and amazement already in my head. Tonight we leave for New Zealand, thanks to over a hundred of you who gave generously, to those who planned …