Murder and distractions… Good night of living I have no idea where this is going to end up. Maybe grab a drink and say a prayer right quick.
Well, I am traveling again, back in the Vancouver/Portland area for a meeting and workshop at...
I am trying to decide if it is too smoky outside to open my windows. The tsunami of revelation that comes from this can be seen on the horizon, and I can feel the ground begin to shake as it nears. Early morning air has reached a near ...
Nostalgia, pre-empty nest syndrome, waking up and wondering “what the hell am I doing in Aberdeen, South Dakota,” and the Letter to Philemon… There is a lot going on in my head this morning. Let me try to force these puzzle pieces to c...
Canned food with no labels could become an interesting game of conviction. How hungry would you need to be to make a pact that whatever can you choose, you would eat to the bottom? No matter what you found, lima beans or kidney beans, ...
Well, I’m back…
This week is the weird post-break time that makes me wish both that I was still on a break, but also wish that I never took a break in the first place. As important as rest and restoration is, I don’t like being away a...
Last week we began a celebration of the 5oth anniversary of the Vineyard by reflecting on some of the core values of our denomination. As the next part of that celebration, check out this excerpt from an article titled Come Holy Spirit...
There's a hundred and four days of summer vacation
'Til school comes along just to end it
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it…
Summer is the time of year I know there is a God. Sometimes I wonder ...
Before you Gentiles knew God, you were slaves to so-called gods that do not even exist. So now that you know God (or should I say, now that God knows you), why do you want to go back again and become slaves once more to the weak and us...
Why all this legalism talk? I had a great conversation last week that started with a question about the focus of our Sunday morning teaching, Why has there been such a focus on legalism and free grace? Isn’t there more to talk about, a...
Mountain Dew and Taco Bell, fuel for life…for me as a middle schooler. Man, these two things together made existence worth existing. All things could be made right with the proper application of that lightningy tasting, fluorescent yel...
Free grace, cheap grace and costly grace have been a part of the last few blogs and Sunday messages as we unpack Paul’s letter to the Galatian church. Last week’s blog leaned on pastor and author Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s contrast of free ...
We have a pretty awesome confluence of scripture and events to experience this coming Sunday.… We get to celebrate Pentecost, one of the three major celebrations for followers of Jesus, and we get to do it together, twice in one day! O...
