We began a new series on September 10. As several of us prayed and listened for what themes God wanted us to focus on in worship, it became clear that focus on practical, day to day expressions of what it means to follow Jesus would …
Read MoreGod’s Story
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 MoreCalled…Into His Glorious Light
Northwest Yearly Meeting began its annual sessions over the weekend, so at NFC, we had the privilege of hosting many people from around the Pacific Northwest. My leading for what to share changed on Friday, as the book of 1 Peter helped me personally. So …
Read MoreApologies, past and future
Many apologies for the lack of blogging. It hasn’t been for lack of ideas; I was amazingly moved by the visit from Chris M and Robin M, and have loved reading Robin’s accounts of her visit (here, here, and here). I just can’t seem to …
Read MoreBetter than new?
I realized yesterday that I have been failing to do something I said I would do: I was (for a brief period of time)putting up BEFORE Sunday the bible text we would be looking at in worship, and asking for your reflections as a way …
Read MoreStolen Fields and Itching Ears
Today in worship we dedicated two babies to God, in the process committing ourselves as a church family to be people through whom God loves those babies and families in real ways. We prayed for our friends who were involved in a climbing accident yesterday, …
Read MoreOur God is Involved!
We finally began our series on Micah…God is opening a lot in me from looking at this book. Here’s what I shared yesterday.
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