Southeast Portland Parish

Lately ministry is requiring me to dig deep and find that last drop of energy.  More days than I would…

Part of the deal in forming the Parish was that we would still have regular brunches for the Sellwood Faith…

One of my key strategies as a church planter is to show up.  And time and time again this strategy…

I am sitting in my darkened office with a dusting of ashes on my forehead.  My eyes are red from…

Recently I was walking across the college campus that is down the block from Trinity United Methodist Church’s building.  It…

This past Tuesday instead of watching the hoopla and spin of the political drama unfolding in the US, a small…

A dear friend recently invited me to a holiday party, so I of course showed up in my best, most…

My husband Jeff is an ordained Deacon.  In the United Methodist Church Deacons are specialized ministers.  When they are ordained…

For the first time in a long time I took a week off from this blog.  I’ve been writing every…

I have ridden that train.  I have driven on that interstate.  As I looked at the photos of twisted train…