Happiness. That sometimes ever elusive vibe, especially in rainy wintery Portland. What does it mean to be “happy people?” Jesus has a word on it and...

John the Baptist is looking for some change.

So much of how we were told to “believe in the Bible” just didn’t add up by 3rd or 4th grade it wouldn’t have passed the Snopes test. And yet we were...

Wrestling with angels, running from the past, and heading God knows where - that's the story of Jacob's life (and maybe some of us, too, let's be hon...

When you're a child there's something magical about the way some Bible stories are taught. Seven day creation? It's a profound poetic flourish that c...

What does it look like to physically embody forgiveness?

As the poet Gerard Manley Hopkins sings, “Christ plays in ten thousand places,” so how are you seeing Christ in the world around you? And how are you...

December 2 2018: Advent: Suspend the Expected In Order to Expect The Unexpected

Jesus didn’t come to change God’s mind about us. Jesus came to change our minds about God, about one another, and what it meant to be truly human. Wh...

We’re not talking about buildings and old tired ways. We’re talking about a church not made of hands - co-created out of the rubble of this world by ...