Seasonal depression is a very real thing that effects so many every winter. Being that we rolled the clocks back yesterday, I would imagine that for many the hardest months are up ahead with it getting dark in Portland at close to 4pm on some days. A Fox News article I read described seasonal depression [...]

As Christians we tend to throw stones at the people we don’t agree with. I’m fairly sure many people would say Pat Robertson is not a Christian, President Obama is a Muslim, and Mark Driscoll hates people too much to be a Christian. Here’s the reality, they’ve all professed to belief in the saving and [...]

Long before I was born, there was a time when eating a meal involved shared space between people. Even if a grocery store was a short drive away, cooking and other meal preparation activities were involved in putting together something for a group of people to eat. This all changed in the 1960s with the [...]

In May of 2007 I quit my first job out of college and made the decision to pursue a life in church ministry instead of financial planning. It was a big decision because I had spent the previous 4 years getting a degree that prepared me for a life in financial planning. But within a [...]

I discovered Page CXVI shortly after their first Hymns album was released. I think I listened to that album non-stop for a couple weeks. As most of you know, I didn’t grow up singing hymns and I’ve never much enjoyed them when I have sang them in church. But I do love hymns that bring [...]

A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to spend some time at an Eastern Orthodox church (Saint Nicklaus Church, yes the guy known as Santa Clause) in SW Portland with my World Religions class. Having grown up within the evangelical church I had not spent much time with other Christians outside of that circle, [...]