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**Following the teachings of the Living Christ, we are an open, loving, and affirming community.
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Author Archives: maggiemax15
Two Messages
Like the tattoos I spoke about with the kids, scars are a permanent mark. I have an elderly friend named Joe who carries a long scar on his left thumb. We worked as a forester on the mountains of Northern … Continue reading →
Two Messages
What follows are two Sunday messages the first shared in Meeting for Worship on March 29 by Keith Sellers and the second was shared by Nick Block on April 5.
Staring at Death – Finding Life
They complained against God that their salvation from Egypt had put them in a place with no real food, inadequate water and the food they did have, Manna from heaven, was detestable. What ingratitude! As a consequence they found themselves … Continue reading →
My Father’s House
Warner Sallman’s The Head of Christ (1940) portraying Jesus with flowing blond hair and saccharine blue eyes staring into space has been estimated to have been reproduced some 500 million times. The Jesus he offers us is clean, safe, passive, … Continue reading →
Kingdom Come
Our text for today is Mark 9:1. Hear what Mark reported: “And he said to them, “Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see that the kingdom of God has come … Continue reading →
Clean Heart – Right Spirit…
In a 1901 Friends Discipline these words precede a set of eight rather simple Queries:” The intention in directing the following queries to be seriously considered is not only to inquire into the state of the meetings, but also to … Continue reading →
Sin and Forgiveness
What was it about Jesus’ ministry that brought resistance and finally got him killed? Well a big part of it was his preaching about sin. So we have to ask, since sin has been around for such a very long … Continue reading →
“If You Dare…”
“If You Dare…” Jesus came to proclaim the good news of the inbreaking of God’s dominion, not primarily to offer temporary healing from a human condition that is eventually terminal anyway. This is not to say that healing in this … Continue reading →
Sarah Peterson – “As Salty As Possible”
As Quakers, we’ve historically understood ourselves as having a special call to being peacemakers. And here is where our corporate practices stand us in good stead, if we can actually bear to practice them together-if we have that … Continue reading →
Surving a Culture of Fear
The fact that the very first event in Jesus’ ministry is an exorcism should then come as no surprise to us. Mark presents Jesus at the synagogue of Capernaum first as a teacher, but then we see him portrayed an … Continue reading →
Spokane Friends Meeting 
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