A creative collaboration between Trinity United Methodist Church and Sellwood Faith Community

In the reading Rhonda selected for this week there was a line about making love to the person you treasure. I might not have been bold enough to select this reading on ways to celebrate the joy of Christmas!  I'm not sure what the conversation was with the discussion...

I have anxiety disorder so peace can feel especially elusive. This second week of advent is good practice for remembering that peace comes in lots of ways. The reading for this week that Rhonda selected for our advent conversation on Tuesdays was about turbulence and...

We are in the week of advent Hope. During this season of the church year we practice waiting and noticing. You are encouraged to look for signs of hope, moments of peace, experiences of joy, and connections of love all places where you see glimmers of light in the...

This year I am so grateful for the way the parish has strategically embraced a sustainable future.  We are thinking about how we can continue to serve God long term in this place and that means clearly assessing our resources.  We are contemplating selling the...

For well over a decade now the Vietnamese Bible Church has been sharing the Trinity Building sanctuary with us every Sunday. At the end of December they will move to being an online only community.  After Pastor Nang moved back to Vietnam in 2022 things began to...

In the aftermath of the election several friends added me to Facebook groups for those disappointed in the result. In one group someone was advocating that people go back and delete any liberal or left leaning social media posts. They are afraid of reprisal by the...

In May of 2014 we started hosting dinner church at the Sellwood Faith House.  Over the years dinner has changed so much. We added music, and communion. We moved to Sunday nights from Thursdays. We've shifted the order of the gatherings and the themes. So many...

I have been eating pie, salad, and breakfasts at Shari's for decades. As a teenager it was a great, safe late night hang out spot. Our leadership team at the nonprofit where I worked in Yakima in the early 2000's met at Shari's monthly for lunch. In Boise we had a...

This weekend I got to go to the Taylor Swift show in Miami with Paige. While most Swifties are friendly, welcoming people the folks that sat in front of us at the concert were not. the people beind us even commented on the negative energy. The ladies in front of us...

I am part of several things right now that are in times of change and transition.  As chair of conference trustees am working with Claremont School of Theology, which recently moved out of their campus and into a church in Hollywood. We are wondering what's next for...