I honestly don’t know how I ended up in speech. I do remember that it was as a junior in high school, and it was an elective class. I know for certain that I had absolutely no intention of joining the speech team or going …
Read MoreListening leads to Service
Preparing for this message was a really good experience. It’s actually the last time I’ve preached; I’ve had several weeks not preaching for a variety of reasons, and it’s been good to give some time to other things, and to hear from others. I’m looking …
Read MoreListening to Christ
One of my favorite bible passages about listening to Christ is Acts 8, with Philip and the Ethiopian. That served as the focus for worship on September 30. Here you go…
Read MoreA Growing Community: Joining
On September 23, we tackled community for the last time. It was also our first “Yearly Meeting Sunday”, a day where all the meetings in Northwest Yearly Meeting focused on our connection with each other. We faced east, west, and north, praying for the meetings …
Read MoreA Growing Community: Expanding
On September 16, we took our second look at “A Growing Community.” This is one where my notes in the introduction are a little sketchy. To fill you in a little, I told a story about a time when my family was at the beach …
Read MoreA Growing Community: Belonging
Back on September 9, fresh from returning from India, I began speaking about our community’s vision statement. We want to be A Growing Community Listening to Christ Changing in the Spirit Living Out Love I think it’s important for us to talk and think often …
Read MoreWaking from slumber…
Did you hear that? I think it might be me, fingers finding a keyboard, brain finding my blog again. The blogging bug is beckoning me back, and it’s because Robin asked me on facebook if getting a new computer means I might actually blog this …
Read MoreWilliam Hobson’s vision
http://youtube.com/v/Q-ZJu-qzKScOne of the really cool things I’ve discovered over the last few years is the early history of Newberg Friends Church. I’ve been compelled to learn about William Hobson, who came to tiny, frontier Newberg to create a Quaker community. His vision, though, was huge…it …
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