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Parish Status Update

We as a faith community are doing alright.   While our building has been closed our community has moved in to the virtual space. After two weeks of streaming with our music director, associate pastor, and my daughter at the Trinity building for morning worship, we...

Faith and Law

This week as much spectacle was made of my faith I am reminded that my faith is not a faith of peace.  It is not a faith of niceness or goodness. It is not a faith of law and order. Jesus came to fulfill the law and move us beyond rules and regulations to...

Psalm 13

Our Parish finances are okay. Our people are hanging in there. We’ve found a rhythm to online worship and are in fact so comfortable with this new normal we are changing things up this week for Pentecost. We’re adapting and yet it is still really hard. Every few days...

Dangerous Business

I have always known I am in a dangerous business. This Jesus dude is a radical who makes the comfortable uncomfortable, champions the poor, calls us to justice, and constantly challenges us with notions like love and peace. My work, my very life, is based on some one...

Navigating Waiting

On Thursday May 7th Oregon Governor Kate Brown held a press conference to update Oregonians about the plans to reopen.  Parish leadership began to have conversations about what reopening might look like and how we could be the most safe when our county eventually...

Creating

A long time ago we identified that our dinner gatherings were often very verbal.  We discussed scripture, told stories of our own faith experiences, wrestled with theological positions, and chatted about our lives. Not everyone expresses their faith or experiences...