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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
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Three of the Gospels tell this story. Each however has a much different conclusion. Mark’s version in chapter 6 gives us this ghostly impression of Jesus coming out of the fog in the early morning hours, which terrified the disciples. … Continue reading →
Seaside Ministry
Here’s a challenge for you – some game day during basketball season, take five loaves and two fish to the Kennel at Gonzaga and offer to feed all the people in the stands. That’s our mind stretching Gospel story for … Continue reading →
The Parable of the Seeds
If we are to model our own sowing after the sower in Jesus parable we will share the message of God’s kingdom extravagantly and indiscriminately, not judging which people and places are worthy of them and which are not.
What Will This Change?
When you take in this whole passage of scripture you can’t miss the startling turn around in Jesus’ demenor. It is hard to pin down the exact emotions Jesus expresses as this passage begins, but they are exquisitly human … Continue reading →
A Message for God’s Messenger
In the first part of the story, the prophet seemingly overlooks the fact that God had taken away his clairvoyance so he was unaware of the woman’s situation. In the second part, when he sends his staff with his … Continue reading →
Perfection
Quakers believe that perfection was possible for the person in whom Christ dwelled and it was a perfection that allowed for continued maturation, a perfection that was proportional to a person’s challenges, a perfection that permitted her or him to … Continue reading →
Perfection
That You May Become Perfect The last four chapters of 2nd Corinthians is completely out of character with the first nine chapters. Twice in the earlier parts of 2nd Corinthians Paul writes of having sent a letter to the … Continue reading →
Strangled Camels
John, in his Gospel, attempts to correct misunderstandings in what the early church knew of the story of Jesus. Our scripture for today gives us another example. In the Book of Acts, Luke says that the Holy Spirit was … Continue reading →
The Real Left Behind Story!
Some Christians honestly believe that this life is simply practice for the next one. Others believe it is some kind of trial, something to be endured until a future glory. Still others think of this life as a test, a … Continue reading →
“He Abides In You”
One of the hardest things any of us has to do is to part from those we love. It is even harder to let go of someone on whom you have come to rely. As our text picks up the … Continue reading →
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