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Spend 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 …

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Leave a Comment on Spend Less…Advent ConspiracyDecember 9, 2008 By Gregg Koskela

Worship 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 …

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Leave a Comment on Worship Fully…Advent ConspiracyDecember 9, 2008 By Gregg Koskela

Are 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 …

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Leave a Comment on Are we really going to talk about pacifism?December 9, 2008 By Gregg Koskela

Joy

Back on October 26, we were still working through the book of Galatians on Sunday mornings. In chapters 4 and 5, joy becomes a strong theme of Paul’s. Here’s what I shared that day.

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Leave a Comment on JoyDecember 9, 2008 By Gregg Koskela

Blog-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 …

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Leave a Comment on Blog-o-lution; Blog-evolve-tionDecember 9, 2008 By Gregg Koskela

One Body

This past Sunday, on our journey through Galatians, it seemed right to deal with the diversity of human creation and the unity Christ brings, destroying every barrier we seem to want to place between each other. I asked Joel Perez, from George Fox University, to …

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Leave a Comment on One BodyOctober 24, 2008 By Gregg Koskela

Off 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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Leave a Comment on Off to state!October 23, 2008 By Gregg Koskela

Political humility

Last night, Clint Baldwin invited me to be on a panel at the Peace & Justice Symposium that the Peace Center puts on once a month at George Fox University. I had one of those moments during the Q&A afterward where I heard words coming …

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Leave a Comment on Political humilityOctober 22, 2008 By Gregg Koskela

Today’s pictures

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Leave a Comment on Today’s picturesOctober 7, 2008 By Gregg Koskela

Convergent Friends #1

I remembered my blog… 😉 And notice the hopeful way I title this post, implying that just maybe, perhaps, this might be the first in a series celebrating Convergent October 2008. Obviously, I have not made time for the blog for quite a long time. …

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Leave a Comment on Convergent Friends #1October 6, 2008 By Gregg Koskela

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