Laura, the director of Portland Adventist Community Services (PACS), was in her office with an important consultant when she heard what sounded like a wild …
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Working Together
It had been a long week: 30 miles of backpacking and camping and 20 miles of canoeing and portaging between lakes. Everyone was exhausted. The …
Read More »How We Worship
A recent phenomenon in contemporary Christianity is highly orchestrated and deeply personal worship music. Whether its source is Bethel Music or our brothers and sisters …
Read More »I’m Right, You’re Wrong. Now What?
I was on a trip with the school’s high school volleyball team when it happened. We were all in a rental house watching a sports …
Read More »How to Reopen Church
I admit it. I’m craving face-to-face time with my church family. Truthfully, seeing my church board on Zoom with unshaved faces and disheveled hair (and …
Read More »Church After COVID
Since March of 2020, we have all been inundated with phrases like, “These are unprecedented times,” or “Out of an abundance of caution,” or “Sir, …
Read More »Jesus is The Rock
In Daniel 2, a king has a dream of a statue comprised of different metals representing empires set up and torn down during earth’s history. …
Read More »Panic or Peace?
Splashed across every recent social media post and news screen is the odd combination of letters and numbers COVID-19. This hideous virus has changed our …
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