Our oldest daughter, as I write this, is over the Aleutian Islands. After months of preparation, weeks of Japanese classes, days of shopping and hours of packing, Talli left early this morning with a group of 17 students from her school as exchange students to …
Read MoreThanks, Martin!
Technology destroys relationships…sometimes. But because of QuakerQuaker.org, I have new relationships that have truly changed me. I started this blog as a personal outlet, writing about my own thoughts. It was to be a writing discipline alone. What I ended up discovering is that blogging …
Read MoreLiving on the Other Side of Lent
Yesterday, we spent some time reflecting on our experiment of observing Lent as a community. I asked us to consider whether some of how God worked in us through Lent might need to continue in to “normal” life.
Read MoreFoolish Hope
For Easter, I asked if we can come to grips with the reality that what we say we believe about the cross and resurrection sounds pretty crazy to a rational human being. There is power in the craziness!
Read MoreSacrifice and Service
On April 1, we looked at the irony of Palm Sunday, the crowds all excited for Jesus, coming just 5 days before Good Friday. I wondered whether we have times when the crowd applauds us for the wrong things…whether we can follow Jesus and listen …
Read MoreBones and Breath
March 25th was a gathered time in worship. We felt God’s presence. This particular message from Ezekiel spoke to me. I’ve been awed and surprised by new experiences in prayer lately, and I realize that my journey is like Ezekiel’s. In chapter 37, God takes …
Read MoreDo I get any bonus points for stating the obvious?
I’m in blog-hiatus land. But you already knew that, since the last substantive post I made, other than posting a message from Sunday, is March 1. And I haven’t even posted the last four messages. I’ve felt some guilt about the lack of blogging, but …
Read MoreRough life.
Rough life. Originally uploaded by gkoskela. Rough life.
Read MoreVacation-Cape Lookout
Vacation-Cape Lookout Originally uploaded by gkoskela. Vacation-Cape Lookout
Read MoreSeeing Differently
Things are good. Sometimes, that means I blog a lot…sometimes, it means I slow down. This has been a slow down. But I want you to know things are good in many senses of the word with me. Here’s what I shared yesterday in worship, …
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