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Dance Upon Injustice

I want to recommend an experience to you.  Last year I had the opportunity to not only participate in, but also experience streams of justice flowing out in Mission at... Read More

Propelled by Love

Why do we do the things we do?  This is one of the key questions in life.  What propels us to build relationships, choose vocations, be generous or selfish, receive... Read More

Stumbling Towards Christ

There are a lot of words to describe our relationship with Christ.  We are called as followers of Christ to be filled with His Spirit.  Our relationship with God is... Read More

A Growing Spiritual Recovery Community

I like words. Words have the power to kindle our imagination, confuse us and clarify for us.  Words invite us into their meaning.  They can also be a distraction.... Read More

A Name and a New Incarnation

My Christian community is undergoing change.   We were planted as a community church, but have discovered over time that we are more than that, and less than... Read More

I Am...The First Humanist

God – The First Humanist Can I call myself a Christian humanist?  I think Jesus gave me permission.  He did not come as a spiritual entity separated from the... Read More

What to do with my pain? by Sean Graham

When we are children, we all receive pain training that revolves around learning what not to do.  My daughter, when she was a toddler, reached up and touched an element... Read More

Grace - How do we receive it?

“It’s easy to give grace to other people, but it is very hard to receive it for ourselves”. These are the words of a good friend of mine as he processed... Read More

A Tombstone View

If you were to ask God how He would define success for you as an individual, I believe He would answer in the following way. God’s success is you being who He made you... Read More

Abundant Life - Subvert and Live

Religious words and phrases often lose their meaning because of misuse, overuse and ridiculous use. Abundant life is one of those phrases. For those of us raised in the church... Read More