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Spirit Renew Us

This week the child and I are on the road for camping with friends from Montana, splashing in the waterpark with friends from Idaho, and a catch up with friends from Arizona. Luckily all this will take place in Idaho! On Sunday I will be dropping the child off at...

The Conspiracy Against Us

When I was in college I worked for the city of Albany Parks Department. My partner that first summer was another college student. She and I were responsible for all of the flowers in all of the parks and for various other jobs such as watering the grass and cutting...

Transformation Station

Not only have things changed structurally at SFC with adding brunch and welcoming a number of the Capitol Hill folks into our community, but things have changed administratively as well.  We have a new staff person at the conference handling our income, a new...

Save Your Quarters

Last week I spent a few days camping at Timothy Lake near Mt. Hood.  I was there with our daughter and my dear friend Amanda who is also the leader of the SFC laundromat team.  We spent time swimming, boating, reading, hiking, and dreaming about the...

Getting Outside Our Routines

One of the things we are really good at in the Sellwood Faith Community is talking about our faith. Every week we sit around the table and have a discussion. Sometimes the catalyst is Scripture, sometimes it’s a video, or sometimes it’s just an engaging...

An Ending to a Chapter

This next Sunday is the last worship service at the traditional church I have been serving for the past 3 years. The congregation is 106 years old and they are a lovely group of deeply caring people.  I am so sad that this church is closing and yet I know it is...