August 27 was a first! What I shared in the message actually was based on a blog post. I thought it would be good for us to talk, in Evangelical Friends circles, about WHY the bible is important to us. Some of the feedback I …
Read MoreHow Shall We Live?
This is from August 20…our responsibility to be faithful to speak every word we hear from God, whether it’s what we like to hear or not. This scripture passage has a beautiful glimpse into God’s true heart for us.
Read MoreIt’s On Me
As I said, I need to catch up on the messages I haven’t posted on my blog. In August, after finishing the series on Micah, our children’s pastor Lecia Retter shared the message for the first time. You might want to take a listen on …
Read MoreJesus People…Practice Hospitality
I’m way, way behind in posting the messages from Sunday morning. Here’s today’s. You might want to go to our website and listen to it…lots of people shared some great things in the service. I’ll try to catch up on the back ones this week.
Read MoreBarclay Press #10
Last night I was on a train for a couple of hours (too long a story). With two seats facing two seats, I was knee to knee to knee to knee with a fifty-something man who was working hard on a conversation with the man …
Read MoreBarclay Press #9
I’m grateful today for the team of people I work with, and for the fact that God is faithful. I was reminded today that faithfulness and integrity are not always rewarded in the world we live in, as I listened to a man share his …
Read MoreWhy I’m a Quaker
(This is also Barclay Press #8) I’ve said many times that I’ve found my spiritual home as a Quaker. I identify myself as a Christ-Centered Quaker. I’m going to take a stab at trying to write some of the reasons why. I’ll start with things …
Read MoreBarclay Press #7
Here’s a list of topics I considered writing about, but rejected for lack of anything worthwhile coming together into coherent sentences: 9/11, StrengthsFinder, “an open letter from a pastor to churches everywhere”, why I’m a Quaker, and whether the Oregon Ducks will be able to …
Read MoreBarclay Press #6
Usually, I write these posts for Barclay Press the night before. But last night, a phone call took me to the hospital. So I write this without much to look back upon, and a whole day ahead. As our youngest was getting ready for bed …
Read MoreBarclay Press #5
There are dangers in writing this blog out in the open for everyone to read! I’ve made a commitment to myself to make myself be real, but sometimes that doesn’t mesh so well with also being a pastor. I wasn’t really considering quitting; I was …
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