Author: Gregg Koskela

(Message given at Newberg Friends Church on June 11, 2017) Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we …

(Message given at Newberg Friends Church on June 4, 2017) Back in 2002, for the six months before I became lead pastor here, Ron Woodward served as the interim pastor. I was grateful that he encouraged the church to take an inventory called “Natural Church …

(Message given at Newberg Friends Church on May 28, 2017) Last week, we looked at the promise of God’s presence with us in the gift of the Holy Spirit, a gift which Jesus promised on the last night before he was crucified. Jesus promised his …

(Message given at Newberg Friends Church on May 21, 2017) What encouragement might Jesus have for us in this difficult time as a church? One of today’s verses from the lectionary, from the group of Sunday bible selections that are used by churches around the …

(Message given at Newberg Friends Church, April 30, 2017) I’ve been reading and praying the Psalms often lately. I’m grateful for these prayers, songs, poems… these expressions of worship that have been used by faith communities for thousands of years. They model what I need. They …

(Message given at Newberg Friends Church on April 16, 2017) Several years ago, I read the book “Boys in the Boat”.  I already knew the ending, because somebody had told me these University of Washington rowers won Olympic gold in 1936 (sorry if I just …

(Message given at Newberg Friends Church on April 9, 2017) We all have good days, and we all have bad days. Sometimes what looks like a good day on the outside, by the circumstances, by what people see…sometimes what looks like a good day is more …

Over the last few months, our community of Newberg Friends Church has been fracturing. It’s been painful for us all, in an almost infinitely different amount of ways. There is always hope of something new and good coming out of this, because we serve a …

(Message given at Newberg Friends Church on December 24, 2016)   Most of us who grew up in the United States probably had an image of Jesus’ birth that was something like this… or maybe this… It’s important to be clear to say that Jesus didn’t …

…Breath of Heaven comes through as the winner! I hope you enjoyed this Amy Grant addition to Advent Caroling Madness!