| Pastor's Prayer |
O Lord, The house of my soul is narrow; enlarge it that you may enter in. It is ruinous, O repair it! It displeases Your sight. I confess it, I know. But who shall cleanse it, to whom shall I cry but to you? Cleanse me from my secret faults, O Lord, and spare Your...
| Open Table |
Weird Ideas That Work: How to Build a Creative Company By Robert I. Sutton ISBN:978-0-7432-2788-9 (pbk) –Review by Douglas Balzer As a resident of the metro area of Portland Oregon, there is an attraction to the title of this book due to the word Weird in its...
| Sound Theology |
Each season of the liturgical year is like a room full of beautiful artifacts and experiences that we spend a number of days or weeks exploring. As we move from room to room in this narrative house, we must pass through various doorways. The connections between...
| Master Sermons
Radioactive Faith Lectionary 26 February 2017 Exodus 24:12-18 Psalm 99 2 Peter 1:16-21 Matthew 17:1-9 1 March 2017 (Ash Wednesday) Joel 2:1-2, 12-17 Psalm 51:1-17 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10 Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 Text to Life In the liturgical calendar, this Sunday seems...
| Digital Feast |
If You Want to Learn Faster, Overclock Your Audio and Video Summary: “Skimming, after all, was how people dealt with the original info boom, the Gutenberg press. It produced such a flood of books and pamphlets that readers learned to vary their reading speed—sometimes...