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Jesus' community

I want to learn to talk differently about how we are creating this church community in Bend. We have been talking about creating a community of like-minded individuals who don’t really connect with what church has come…
The breaking point

I am in the process of breaking. This very humbling time as I feel as though I can barely put one foot out in front of the other with an assurance that there is solid ground there before me. It is a faith time, as day …
Moment to moment

I had a notion this week that perhaps I am on the road to becoming the person that I really hope to be. To be selfless, simple, pure, living a God-honoring lifestyle... perhaps I am on the way. So often I want to be ther…
Not "prayer"... but hopes and dreams, longings

My thoughts on prayer have been growing and changing and I feel like in the last few days there has been this theme running through it all. I have grown to understand that prayer is less having to do with the specific…
With Conscience should there be a debate?

Oswald Chambers on May 13 - "...the only thing that keeps our conscience sensitive to Him is the habit of being open to God on the inside. When you begin to debate, stop immediately. Don’t ask, "Why can’t I do this?" Y…
Liturgy for contextual communities

My friend Mark, from Missio Dei in Minneapolis shares this liturgy on his blog.... This is the kind of thing I think we, as communities of believers, need to affirm during our gatherings. This is the kind of thing that l…
In Paradise?!?

"Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom." "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in Paradise." Jesus promise to the thief on the cross, strikes me as such a wonderful promise to anyone desiring t…
The power of touch

**Edit: The title of this post was at one point, Touch Me. Case in point. I am programed to feel uncomfortable with this because I think sexual, immediately. Of course, touch is more than sexual. I've been thinking …
Carried up

Finally!! My birds really need me. For a while our relationship was dimming as it was dry and they could find their food elsewhere. I stopped seeing them so much so I neglected to give them the quality food they deserve…
Ash Wednesday - my experience as a disillusioned evangelical

is Easter season (exclamation points already, as indeed it is the season) is the first time that I have given any thought to the idea or tradition of lent. I must preface this by saying that as a traditional conservative…