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Advent Waiting
Advent is a season of preparation, of waiting. For me this time of year is best celebrated by glimpsing lights…
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Gratitudes
I am thankful for my husband Jeff, who has been the most amazing partner in ministry for nearly 20 years…
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Conflicts
As many of us head to see family over the next week and month it can be a time of…
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Dynamic
At our annual gathering of church leadership last week one of our members who has been around this specific church…
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Fishes and Loaves
Here at the SE Portland Parish we understand that our worshipping communities are in ministry with our neighborhoods. One of…
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Work of the People
Liturgy is the stuff of our gatherings as a church. It’s the pattern of how we respond to the divine.…
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I Don’t Want To
We are in a season of systems shift here at the Parish. We’re hammering out the business plan for Steele…
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Spiritual Engagement
For a long time we’ve been thinking about how to engage the hundreds of people who walk by the Sellwood…
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Making it Work
The church has long been built on a system of tithing. People in the congregations give to the institution. These…
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The Holiness of Listening
We are a community to share what has made us who we are, finding God and community in the pain…
