Category Archives: Messages

You Are So Judgmental Said the Pot to the Kettle  by John Kinney,  June 11, 2023

It is always good to be with my brothers and sisters in Christ. I hope that what I say will be of spiritual benefit to you, but at best I just get the ball rolling.  We trust that the Light … Continue reading

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Grace and Peace by Johan Maurer April 23, 2023

Good morning! Grace and peace to you from God, our gracious loving Creator and the Lord Jesus Christ. Let me start out with these two Bible passages out of the dozens I could have chosen: For it is by grace … Continue reading

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Not What I Would Have Said by John Kinney, May 14, 2023

If you ask someone in Metaline what they are doing on the weekend and they say they need to go to town, it means go to Spokane. I do so enjoy being with you here in “town.” For churches that … Continue reading

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Desert Temptation (If You Are the Son of God. . .)  by John Kinney, March 12,2023

It is always good to with my brothers and sisters in Christ in person and on zoom. For denominations that follow a liturgical calendar, this is the 40-day season of Lent which commemorates Jesus’s 40 days of fasting in the … Continue reading

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What is it all for ?  by John Kinney, January 29, 2023

It is good to be with you, friends.  What a great name for a church “The Religious Society of Friends.”  On top of that, an early term of derision “Quakers” is later embraced. Amazing. Matt 25 14-30 “It is like … Continue reading

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Holy Ground by Sarah Scott, January 8, 2023

I saw this Instagram  post the other day from a person celebrating their 32nd birthday. It read: “Today is my 32nd birthday. Over the last month, I asked several 90 year olds what advice they would give to their 32 … Continue reading

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Is Thanksgiving a Radical Choice? by LaVerne Biel, November 13, 2022                 

 Philippians 4: 1-9 NIV 1 Therefore, my brothers and sisters, you whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, dear friends! 2 I plead with Euodia and I plead with Syntyche to be of … Continue reading

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Greater than John?  by John Kinney, December 12, 2022

This time of year in the USA a religion more dominant than Christianity is preaching another message. This is from the book of Claus 1: 1-5: You better watch out. You better not cry. You better not pout, I’m telling … Continue reading

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Perfect Peace (Part I) by Johan Maurer, September 25, 2022

Scripture: Isaiah 26:1-6. It’s great to see your faces life-size, although I always enjoy seeing the people who are online with me, attending by video link. Hello again to you, too! Next week I will be back with you on … Continue reading

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When Pain and Sorrow are Too Deep for Words (Romans 8:18-27) by David Morrow August 28, 2002

Some of you may be familiar with the British TV drama, “Call the Midwife.”  “Call the Midwife is the story of a group of midwives (some of whom are nuns) who worked in the East End of London in the … Continue reading

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