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Life Nourishes Life
We just got back last week from our annual regional gathering of United Methodists. Every year pastors and church folks…
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Really Hard Conversations
Several years ago I was part of a church that a troubled young man was attending. He was quiet, a…
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We Are All Walking Art
A few months back our leadership team was brainstorming ideas to make our community more known in our neighborhood. We…
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What’s in a Name?
Sometimes people ask why we don’t have the words “United Methodist” in the name of our new faith community. To…
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God’s Developing Call
We’ve now been having dinner together as a faith community for several weeks and it’s been really lovely. There is a…
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Pushup Perseverance
Jeff and I have been doing Pilates faithfully for several months now. We attend a class for an hour every…
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I Go To Church on Sunday
The number one question I get from people when they are asking me how the new start is going is,…
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The Changing ‘Hood
We’ve been living here in Sellwood for 10 months now. When we arrived I knew that the neighborhood had undergone…
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Matters of Kindness
The other day I found out a new friend was having some pretty big relationship stuff going on. I instantly…
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Read This Blog
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina a friend of mine posted a link to a blog entry titled Being Poor by…
