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

We had the privilege of gathering leaders from across the Parish together earlier this month. After we spent some time talking about who we were as individuals and as a community, then thinking about what God was calling us to over the next 18 months or so we...

I recently saw an image on Facebook which featured some words about love being reckless. Google searches this morning with that phrase turned up quotes from Rumi among others. I'm not sure what all the image I saw said, but what struck me was the notion of...

My startup disk is full so today, along with answering the phone, preparing the giving thank you letters for 2019, fixing the wifi, and working on our statistical reports I've been deleting things, reorganizing files, and making space for what is next. We'll be doing...

This week there was REALLY BIG Methodist news, except it wasn't. Others have written about the details of the plan and how it has to go through our church governance structure (along with a bunch of other potential plans) before we really know anything about...

Every new year I reflect on the Wesleyan Covenant Prayer. It reminds me to center God in the year ahead and to let go of my own notions of what I'm supposed to be doing. As we ring in an election year may we all find ways to center on God and reassess what we think we...

The musician is sick. There is a mistake in the bulletin. The story I originally picked is better than the one I ended up choosing. I'm at church parsing out hymns to our subs, writing up check requests to pay them, revamping my story, and debating with Jayde if we...

Advent is a quiet season, meant for reflection, for glimpsing light in the darkness. This week we'll host our annual Longest Night worship gathering.  This is a time for quiet, to claim the grief we feel this season, to sit in the darkness, to recognize the pain we...

Advent is a season of preparation, of waiting.  For me this time of year is best celebrated by glimpsing lights in the dark, rainy nights of Portland. This is a time of stopping, of breathing.  It’s a starry night sky and the silence of the woods.  Advent is a hushed...

I am thankful for my husband Jeff, who has been the most amazing partner in ministry for nearly 20 years now. I am thankful for our daughter Paige who sets the table, supervises the acolytes, and does a million other tasks to keep everything running smoothly. I am...