Blog – Page 55 – Gregg Koskela

A 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 …

Waking 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 …

William 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 …

Catch up

Well, with the death of my computer and a heavy work load, the blog has suffered recently. Right now I’m with our team of pastors and other staff at the coast for our annual retreat. It’s been good for us to laugh and cry and …

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Thoughts I’ve had recently that I wish I had NOT acted on: 1. “I should go get some MORE ice cream.” 2. “I know I’m tired, but I should relax a little. Hey, is that Frasier on tv?” But mostly: “These are really good instructions. …

Miu’s here!

Faithful blog readers will remember that last May, Talli went to Japan. Her host family was so kind to her…and now we get to return the favor. This afternoon, Miu Kata arrived from Japan; she’s the one who hosted Talli. We’re excited!

One-third

I have geeky quirks. And I was reminded of one today. I like numbers, patterns, milestones, nostalgia, and computers. All those things added together to make for a late night sometime in the past year, when I played around with a spreadsheet and dates. I …

Aubrey starts Kindergarten!

Now, THIS was more like it for a first day…

First day of school

Today was completely anti-climactic. This year, we’ve got one daughter starting 8th grade, another starting 5th grade, and the youngest hits the milestone of kindergarten. For the first time in 13 years, we will not have a preschooler in the house! We’ve looked forward with …

Home again!

Hayley and I returned home Thursday night about 10:15 pm. Overall we’re doing good…but we’re tired. I’ll try to catch up on the blog posts and post some pictures tomorrow.