Category: NFC

I believe I got to the place that I was faithful in what I shared today for our meeting at NFC. Sharing it here is difficult, because when I think of you who comment the most, I realize that I would begin and move through …

So I’m finding myself getting perversely excited about this scary series we’re beginning in worship at NFC. We’re going to tackle some of the controversial and difficult topics that don’t get talked about much, because we disagree with each other in so many ways. I …

For our final Advent theme, we wanted to celebrate the coming of the Christ child! This was one of those weeks where praying and preparing what God wanted me to say was actually incredibly helpful to me, personally. The discipline of celebrating when I didn’t …

Steve Fawver has done a great job leading us through Advent at NFC. He’s coordinated efforts with lots of people, and helped with our themes for the year. I’m grateful. Yesterday’s theme was “Stop”, and here’s what I shared.

Three words describe our themes for Advent this year, our way of preparing for Christmas at Newberg Friends: give, stop, celebrate. Today, we looked carefully at “give”, and I felt God’s leading as I prepared and as I shared this.

It’s been a busy week! Sorry for neglecting the blog. I really am trying to get back in the swing of regular posting. Last week, we finished our look at our vision statement as a church. I’ll be honest: I never felt like I got …

This past Sunday had several things which I’ve been reflecting on, some that directly pertain to the discussion going on in the comments of my last post. I adapted this message from one I gave in chapel at George Fox in September (completely separate from …

Preparing for this message was a really good experience. It’s actually the last time I’ve preached; I’ve had several weeks not preaching for a variety of reasons, and it’s been good to give some time to other things, and to hear from others. I’m looking …

One of my favorite bible passages about listening to Christ is Acts 8, with Philip and the Ethiopian. That served as the focus for worship on September 30. Here you go…

On September 23, we tackled community for the last time. It was also our first “Yearly Meeting Sunday”, a day where all the meetings in Northwest Yearly Meeting focused on our connection with each other. We faced east, west, and north, praying for the meetings …