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Mission Statement:
Our purpose is encouraging, loving, and supporting a diverse group of people who gather to deepen their experience of the inner light of God. We direct this inner light outward in service to others to share the love of Christ.
**Following the teachings of the Living Christ, we are an open, loving, and affirming community.
We believe that God’s Light is inherent within all people. There are no exceptions.**
Category Archives: Messages
I’m Drowning Here…and you’re describing the water.
This Psalm and its’ prayers help us give voice to the deepest expressions of human pain, crisis and doubt. But it does so in a way that claims the promise of God’s presence in the middle of our suffering … Continue reading →
Paying Close Attention to that of which God Pays Close Attention
“We need to pay close attention to the things to which God pays close attention.” Psalm 113 1Praise the Lord! Praise, O servants of the Lord; praise the name of the Lord. 2Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time on and … Continue reading →
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Owning One Another’s Ministries and Passions Psalm One
Sharing Our Ministries and Our Passions Lois Kieffaber and Linda Tuinstra Spokane Community Mental Health Chaplaincy “People with mental illness are just like us, only more so.” There are three parts to the program: To organize a congregational mental health … Continue reading →
Pentecost 2015
Pentecost 2015 …it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you; When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit … Continue reading →
Jesus Has Left the Building…
Through the activity of the Holy Spirit, the living Christ, God’s activity within creation continues. God’s reliance upon us to act is not an abdication of God’s responsibility but an invitation to partner with God. We do not have … Continue reading →
“Therefore…” at the chapter break
… justice is often an excuse for certain ‘zealous’ people to condemn others. Christians haven’t been appointed to bring justice to the world but ‘rather to ask for mercy for the world, to keep vigil for the salvation of all, … Continue reading →
the gospel…it is the power of God
You may have missed the event when George Fox out did Robin Hood. He converted the Sheriff of Nottingham! The first thing the sheriff did was to confess and make restitution to a woman he had cheated. Then he went … Continue reading →
No Partiality
“Peter declares that Jesus was about the business of changing people’s lives. He sums up Jesus’ ministry by saying that he “went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil”. Evil diminishes life for individuals and … Continue reading →
Partiality
There’s a certain irony here: Simon Peter’s comfort staying in the home of a Jewish Tanner and his great discomfort entering the home of a spit and polish Roman centurion. It says something about our prejudices. Acts 10: 34-43 Our … Continue reading →
Galilee
The radical truth of Christianity, which sets it off from all other world-faiths, is that God became a human being and not just any human being, but Jesus of Nazareth. He was a Jew. But he wasn’t just any Jew, … Continue reading →
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