Seminary friend Tony Jones posted the first Christmas sermon (by St. John Chrysostom in AD. 386), and that sent me on a big hunt to see what else the ancient church fathers and mothers have said about Christmas. Wow. I’ll probably use some of these …
Read MoreMerry Christmas, Everyone!
Here in soggy Newberg Oregon, we’ve been frozen up for about a week. Tonight the table on our deck has 9 inches of snow, by far the most I’ve ever seen here. School’s been closed, things at the office have been mellow…and I asked Elaine …
Read MoreSpend Less…Advent Conspiracy
The biggest “sting” of the conspiracy is to fight back against the power of consumerism and worship God fully. One way to do that is to spend less on Christmas gifts…not just because it’s a good or prudent thing to do, but as a way …
Read MoreWorship Fully…Advent Conspiracy
I’m really excited that we’ve joined the Advent Conspiracy full force at NFC this year. This seems right in so many ways, and the feedback we’re getting from folks is great. If you haven’t heard about it, please do follow the link and learn about …
Read MoreAre we really going to talk about pacifism?
Newberg Friends is an interesting Friends meeting. We have many, many committed Quakers; and we have many committed Christians from other backgrounds. I’ve been feeling nudged more in the last couple of years to talk more about our specific core values as Friends, and yet …
Read MoreBlog-o-lution; Blog-evolve-tion
Yes, the cyclical nature of blogging has proved itself once again; only the troughs between waves of activity seem to be getting longer and longer. For my own sake, I want to post a few of my thoughts about this blog. I began this journey …
Read MoreOff to state!
Today Emily and Talli qualified for state in cross country. They both PR’ed; Emily got seventh in the district with a very fast 20:03; Talli got 20:31. So they will both run Nov. 1 in Eugene at the state meet. And I’ve got more pictures …
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