(Message given at Newberg Friends Church on August 28, 2016) Over these next few weeks, I’m adapting the messages I gave at Surfside, our high school camp at Twin Rocks. Last week, we talked about the times when circumstances cause us to feel like we …
Read MoreLosing Our Grip
(Message given at Newberg Friends Church on August 21, 2016) Sometimes you get yourself in precarious situations, where you are holding on for dear life. I mean, all you want is to grab a little snack, and then you are barely holding on… [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UucHtYr29cE?rel=0] …
Read MoreIt’s Jesus
(Message given at Newberg Friends Church on July 24, 2016) That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched–this we proclaim concerning the Word of …
Read MoreBiblical Pictures of the Body of Christ
(Message given at Newberg Friends Church on July 3, 2016. We spread the four sections out throughout the service.) Community of Disciples You’d think that Jesus, the Son of God, would have pretty much everything he needed for earthly ministry…all by himself. Right? God in the …
Read MoreJubilee: Celebration, Dependence and Trust
(Message given at Newberg Friends Church on June 12, 2016) The countdown has been on for awhile at our house. I’m talking about the countdown to freedom, to a break, to summer…to the end of school. Aubrey put an app on her iPod a couple …
Read MoreTabitha: Work
(Message given at Newberg Friends Church on June 5, 2016) I’m not a foodie. The best meal I had this past week was at a hole in the wall Thai restaurant. I’ve never eaten at The Painted Lady just a block away from here, or …
Read MoreAmerica’s Tension
(This is what I shared before our time of prayer in worship on July 10, 2016 at Newberg Friends Church) What a difficult week we have had. Lives have been lost in very difficult and visible ways. Times of mutual grief have been far more …
Read MoreOrlando and Distancing
I’m writing to those who, like me, identify as Christian and look to the bible to be authoritative and instructive in our lives. I’ve been largely silent publicly since the shooting at Pulse, a gay club in Orlando, Florida. Since then, I’ve been grieving, I’ve …
Read MoreCriminal on the Cross: Confession
(Message given at Newberg Friends Church on May 29, 2016) “Jesus, Remember me…when you come into your Kingdom.” The words to that song we just sang come straight from the mouth of the criminal who was crucified next to Jesus. We sing that song just …
Read MoreHannah: Grieving
(Message given at Newberg Friends Church on May 22, 2016) In some ways, today’s message goes against the intent of this series we are in. But I believe it is important. Some will remember that we spent the season of Lent leading up to Easter …
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