Before I post a link to the message I gave today, I have a few things I want to say: For those of you who worship among unprogrammed Friends, I apologize that I didn’t take the time in this message to address what really is …
Read MoreGiving to the poor and needy
It’s Tuesday, and I’m just posting my message from Sunday. That may give a picture of what the last few days have been like. It may also serve as justification for posting to my blog when others think I ought to be REALLY working. One …
Read MoreWhy isn’t it simple?
I’ve had a great e-mail conversation with Michael Fawver this week. We do this from time to time, and every time he says something really smart, and I wonder: why don’t I e-mail him more often? Here’s one of my favorite things that he said: …
Read MoreWorship yesterday
We finished our journey through Colossians by having the entire letter read out loud. The feedback was all positive-hearing the entire book in one sitting was challenging for our hyper-stimulated, visual lifestyle, but it still worked. I had a brainstorm of importing Colossians into Microsoft …
Read MoreBoundary Markers or Life?
Here’s a link to the message I gave today. I also used some picture at one point, and if you’re interested in seeing those, you can go here.
Read MoreA Life Mission
Here’s a link to the message I gave today, from Colossians 2: 6,7. I brought Legos to help. After third service, about 10 kids came up and we got to talk shop about Legos. (Mind you, these are my actual Legos from when I was …
Read MoreRandom Weekend Roundup
Preaching is a weird thing. We spent a lot of time praying Sunday in worship for hurricane victims, talking about aid, and praying for the Supreme Court and Justice Rehnquist’s family and his replacement. So, we didn’t have time for what I prepared. More and …
Read MoreLive a Pleasing Life
Here’s a link to the message I’ll give today.
Read More“There are those who believe…that life here…”
(Bonus points will be given for those who can complete the post title…) On Monday I had lunch with Mike Huber-pastor at West Hills Friends, convinced Quaker, fellow Clackamas High School Grad (he was ’82, though, I was ’86) and a man I respect a …
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